Why Doesn't Floppy Drive Work?

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My floppy drive can read disks just fine but it always shows a failure
whenever I attempt to write to a floppy disk. I have swapped drives
(using one that I know works on my other computer) but I get the same
result. Does this indicate a failure of the motherboard/onboard
controller? What are the other possibilities? -- Thanks in advance for
any help.
 
My floppy drive can read disks just fine but it always shows a failure
whenever I attempt to write to a floppy disk. I have swapped drives
(using one that I know works on my other computer) but I get the same
result. Does this indicate a failure of the motherboard/onboard controller?
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Very likely.
What are the other possibilities?
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The ribbon cable.
 
if you can format in dos but not Win 2K/XP you ran into a well known bug.

| My floppy drive can read disks just fine but it always shows a failure
| whenever I attempt to write to a floppy disk. I have swapped drives
| (using one that I know works on my other computer) but I get the same
| result. Does this indicate a failure of the motherboard/onboard
| controller? What are the other possibilities? -- Thanks in advance for
| any help.
 
Previously HKEK said:
I have had the ribbon cable in/out several times (though I may not
have swapped it out with a known good cable). I am running Windows
98SE.
Short of swabbing motherboards, maybe I can add a separate controller.
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If the board has an ISA slot and the on-board floppy controller can be
disabled, then you can do this. Otherwise you cannot.

Arno
 
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