A Drive
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: h121589
when i put a floppy in my a drive my a drive makes the spinning sound and when i drag the file on the floppy and drop it on my desktop it takes forever and the file doesnt even get tranferred to my desktop and so i took the floppy out and it kept making this sound forever about 2 mins and after the sound stoped i put the floppy back in and tryed to transfer the file again and the same thing keeps happening.
wtf do i do??????
Posted by: Storm
have you tried with a different floppy??? cause it could just be your floppy thats broke (thats why floppys suck, they're to unrelieable :( )
Posted by: h121589
(thats why floppys suck, they're to unrelieable :( )
true
Posted by: h121589
have you tried with a different floppy
yea but i cant remember if they made the sound
Posted by: Virtualbody1234
Great topic!
Posted by: tesco
yea but i cant remember if they made the sound
Try it again then.
why make two seperate posts just to answer the same person. :frusty:
Posted by: maskawaih
Great topic!
:lol:
btw, have you clean your A drive? using something like diskette cleaner or so.
Posted by: h121589
Try it again then.
why make two seperate posts just to answer the same person. :frusty:
b/c of this reason
ROSSCO_2004
Post Whore
Post Whore
Posted by: h121589
:lol:
btw, have you clean your A drive? using something like diskette cleaner or so.nope
Posted by: zapjb
They're like $5. Get a new one.
Posted by: Spicker
whats this A drive u speak of? :01:
Posted by: tesco
b/c of this reason
You want to be a post whore? :unsure:
don't make two posts for no reason, just make more posts in different places. :01:
Posted by: h121589
You want to be a post whore? :unsure:
don't make two posts for no reason, just make more posts in different places. :01:
no i dont want to be a post whore i thought post whore meant like post u damn whore like ur telling us to post and calling us a whore
ok i'll try to post in different sections(but i really dont have nothing to say most of the time so to get a post count i post more post)
Posted by: h121589
whats this A drive u speak of? :01:
A: Drive aka Floppy Drive or F;oppy Disc Drive
Posted by: Virtualbody1234
Again 2 posts in a row. :frusty:
Posted by: h121589
Again 2 posts in a row. :frusty:
sorry (damn where the fuck is the smilie that im lookin for)
Posted by: maskawaih
like zapjb says, just buy another one if you like. ;)
Posted by: peat moss
Reformat the floppy disk , or bye a new pack .
Posted by: h121589
Reformat the floppy disk , or bye a new pack .
how can i reformat my floppy disc??
Posted by: Virtualbody1234
how can i reformat my floppy disc??Please... Right click on the floppy drive icon in 'My Computer' and select format.
How basic can it get?
Posted by: maskawaih
how can i reformat my floppy disc??
:blink: what a question is that?
Posted by: peat moss
:blink: what a question is that?
Grab floppy firmly in right hand , shake up and down reaptedly ,stand back enjoy your accomplisplment .
Posted by: maskawaih
Grab floppy firmly in right hand , shake up and down reaptedly ,stand back enjoy your accomplisplment .
isnt that..... :ph34r:
Posted by: peat moss
isnt that..... :ph34r:
Oh so sorry ,I'm confused , dam ok grab the lady in waiting oops!
Posted by: Duffman
What the fucks a floppy drive?
Posted by: peat moss
What the fucks a floppy drive?
I'm confused too , is it that dinosur drive, or what my wife refers too! LOL
Posted by: maskawaih
I'm confused too , is it that dinosur drive, or what my wife refers too! LOL
you mean that 5" floppy? or you still using cartridges? :lol:
Posted by: brotherdoobie
Please... Right click on the floppy drive icon in 'My Computer' and select format.
How basic can it get?
Maybe for you Virtual...others might not know of such things.
Use your knowledge to teach.
Condescension is never pretty. :)
Posted by: tesco
It's probably either the floppy drive is broken or the floppy is broken.
easiest way to test this is to put a different, known to work, floppy into your floppy drive. If it reads then your other floppy is broken. If it makes those sounds then your floppy drive is broken.
Simple enough.
Posted by: clocker
I'm going to instal a second floppy drive in the new Sprocket.
That way I'll have ALL of the drive letters from A to L fully utilized....
Just thought I'd share. :)
Posted by: Virtualbody1234
Thanks for sharing your thoughts openly, clocker.
Posted by: clocker
Thanks for sharing your thoughts openly, clocker.
It's part of the new, more sensitive me.
I plan on doing this daily....right before I begin relentlessly spamming the board and begging for mod status.
I may begin stalking Sara and Everose also...haven't quite decided.
Being a digital psychopath is so liberating!
Posted by: h121589
Please... Right click on the floppy drive icon in 'My Computer' and select format.
How basic can it get?
well sorry
Posted by: tesco
well sorry
So did you try a different floppy yet? :frusty:
Posted by: h121589
yea i tried it with two different types of floppys
i know wut the problem is now those Non-Name brand(The Floppy that says only HD on it) floppys dont work my floppy drive doesnt read those non-name brand floppys.
i tried FujiFilm and Imation and my floppy drive read those two floppys perfectly
Posted by: KazaaBoy
Another problem is that the pins on the motherboard are damaged or broken which makes your floppy drive not work at all. Like mine!!
Posted by: bigboab
If it is a new floppy disk there is every chance, in this case, that it has not been pre-formatted. If this is the case then your computer will not recognise it. You will have to format it first.
If you want to do it the old fashioned way then follow this procedure:
1. Check that the drive your disk is in is actually the A: drive.
2. Go into your DOS window
3. It should show C:\
4. Type Format A: /S /V then press the return key.
5. The /S puts two hidden files on your disk. sometimes a requirement on older computers.
6. The /V Allows to to put a volume label or name to your disk.
If you dont have a DOS window or dont want to experiment then follow the Format directions described in an earlier post.
Incidentally for those amongst you who appear to ridicule. Everyone has to start somewhere. Everyone is not a computer expert.
Just to point out to the experts. There was never a 5 inch floppy disc.
The floppies were five and a quarter, Three inch(An Amstrad disaster) and the Three and a half inch disk. Still in reasonably common use.
Does this bring back memories Clocker.:rolleyes:
P.S. This has been written with tongue in cheek. Please dont flame as I dont normally travel well.:lol:
Posted by: lynx
P.S. This has been written with tongue in cheek. Please dont flame as I dont normally travel well.:lol:
Please take your tongue out of your cheek, it makes you incoherent and you are starting to dribble. And that will do your floppy no good at all. :blink:
Posted by: bigboab
Please take your tongue out of your cheek, it makes you incoherent and you are starting to dribble. And that will do your floppy no good at all. :blink:
Thanks Lynx.:) That is the best thing I have heard this morning. After the last two results Scotland is badly in need of dribblers.:lol: :lol:
Posted by: RPerry
this is the winner of the best thread I have read this morning. All this trouble over a floppy drive :D Makes me glad I disconnected mine a long time ago. If your in the Orlando area, you can buy a new one at the marketpro computer show this weekend ;)