A Drive

[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??????

[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 :( )

[h121589]

(thats why floppys suck, they're to unrelieable :( )
true

[h121589]

have you tried with a different floppy

yea but i cant remember if they made the sound

[Virtualbody1234]

Great topic!

[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:

[maskawaih]

Great topic!
:lol:

btw, have you clean your A drive? using something like diskette cleaner or so.

[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

[h121589]

:lol:

btw, have you clean your A drive? using something like diskette cleaner or so.nope

[zapjb]

They're like $5. Get a new one.

[Spicker]

whats this A drive u speak of? :01:

[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:

[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)

[h121589]

whats this A drive u speak of? :01:
A: Drive aka Floppy Drive or F;oppy Disc Drive

[Virtualbody1234]

Again 2 posts in a row. :frusty:

[h121589]

Again 2 posts in a row. :frusty:
sorry (damn where the fuck is the smilie that im lookin for)

[maskawaih]

like zapjb says, just buy another one if you like. ;)

[peat moss]

Reformat the floppy disk , or bye a new pack .

[h121589]

Reformat the floppy disk , or bye a new pack .
how can i reformat my floppy disc??

[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?

[maskawaih]

how can i reformat my floppy disc??
:blink: what a question is that?

[peat moss]

:blink: what a question is that?



Grab floppy firmly in right hand , shake up and down reaptedly ,stand back enjoy your accomplisplment .

[maskawaih]

Grab floppy firmly in right hand , shake up and down reaptedly ,stand back enjoy your accomplisplment .
isnt that..... :ph34r:

[peat moss]

isnt that..... :ph34r:



Oh so sorry ,I'm confused , dam ok grab the lady in waiting oops!

[Duffman]

What the fucks a floppy drive?

[peat moss]

What the fucks a floppy drive?




I'm confused too , is it that dinosur drive, or what my wife refers too! LOL

[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:

[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. :)

[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.

[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. :)

[Virtualbody1234]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts openly, clocker.

[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!

[h121589]

Please... Right click on the floppy drive icon in 'My Computer' and select format.

How basic can it get?
well sorry

[tesco]

well sorry
So did you try a different floppy yet? :frusty:

[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

[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!!

[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:

[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:

[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:

[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 ;)