Windows not recognizing new floppy disk

[Guest]

When I go to My Computer > 3 1/2" Floppy (A and read the directory of a
floppy disk, it gives me the correct information for the first disk I put in.
However, when I replace that disk with a second one and go back to My
Computer > 3 1/2" Floppy (A it gives me the directory reading from the
first floppy. The Refresh command from the View menu does nothing.

The same thing happens from the command line using the DIR command.

I have to restart my machine to read the information from the second floppy
disk.

I rarely use my floppy drive, so I'm not sure exactly when this started
happening, but I am needing to search through a number of floppies to find
some old information and don't have the time to be restarting my machine to
search each disk.

 

[Nepatsfan]

When I go to My Computer > 3 1/2" Floppy (A and read the
directory of a floppy disk, it gives me the correct
information for the first disk I put in. However, when I
replace that disk with a second one and go back to My
Computer > 3 1/2" Floppy (A it gives me the directory
reading from the first floppy. The Refresh command from the
View menu does nothing.

The same thing happens from the command line using the DIR
command.

I have to restart my machine to read the information from
the second floppy disk.

I rarely use my floppy drive, so I'm not sure exactly when
this started happening, but I am needing to search through a
number of floppies to find some old information and don't
have the time to be restarting my machine to search each
disk.

First check the cable. You may end up having to replace the
floppy drive. This is a hardware issue. Take a look here for
more details:

http://www.duxcw.com/yabbse/index.php?board=5;action=display;threadid=5424&start=0

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[Guest]

You were dead on. Replaced pinched floppy cable and works perfectly!

 

[Nepatsfan]

Great! Glad to hear you got it working.

Nepatsfan