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I can't see the floppydrive in mycomputer
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Halloo. There is this computer I came across in my work place that had the floppy drive right but it can't be seen in the computer i.e when you open mycomputer there is nothing like 31/2 floppydrive.I even checked the device manager and its not there too.I haven't opened the case yet to check if the connections are correct.Could it be caused by something else.
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I can think of a few things that can cause this.
1: Floppy drive is unplugged inside the case.
2: Floppy drive is not enabled in the BIOS, or has been intentionally disabled by your IT people for increased security.
3: Bad floppy drive.
Hope this helps.
1: Floppy drive is unplugged inside the case.
2: Floppy drive is not enabled in the BIOS, or has been intentionally disabled by your IT people for increased security.
3: Bad floppy drive.
Hope this helps.
-Idaho
Don't look at me, I am SO out of here. Bye.
Don't look at me, I am SO out of here. Bye.
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vicec64, it's not an IDE floppy cable, it's just a floppy cable. IDE refers to hard disk technology. (Besides a twist at the end, there's also 6 fewer pins on a floppy cable.)
Try this:
Start the computer at the command prompt (booting off a "startup disk" or whatever you call it made in Windows will allow you to do this) and type dir a: and note the results.
To boot back in to windows, simply remove the floppy disk and reboot.
Try this:
Start the computer at the command prompt (booting off a "startup disk" or whatever you call it made in Windows will allow you to do this) and type dir a: and note the results.
To boot back in to windows, simply remove the floppy disk and reboot.
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