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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??????
have you tried with a different floppy??? cause it could just be your floppy thats broke (thats why floppys suck, they're to unrelieable :( )
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Originally Posted by Storm
yea but i cant remember if they made the soundQuote:
Originally Posted by Storm
Great topic!
Try it again then.Quote:
Originally Posted by h121589
why make two seperate posts just to answer the same person. :frusty:
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Originally Posted by Virtualbody1234
btw, have you clean your A drive? using something like diskette cleaner or so.
b/c of this reasonQuote:
Originally Posted by ROSSCO_2004
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ROSSCO_2004
Post Whore
Post Whore
nopeQuote:
Originally Posted by maskawaih
They're like $5. Get a new one.
whats this A drive u speak of? :01:
You want to be a post whore? :unsure:Quote:
Originally Posted by h121589
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 whoreQuote:
Originally Posted by ROSSCO_2004
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)
A: Drive aka Floppy Drive or F;oppy Disc DriveQuote:
Originally Posted by jaigandhi5
Again 2 posts in a row. :frusty:
sorry (damn where the fuck is the smilie that im lookin for)Quote:
Originally Posted by Virtualbody1234
like zapjb says, just buy another one if you like. ;)
Reformat the floppy disk , or bye a new pack .
how can i reformat my floppy disc??Quote:
Originally Posted by peat moss
Please... Right click on the floppy drive icon in 'My Computer' and select format.Quote:
Originally Posted by h121589
How basic can it get?
:blink: what a question is that?Quote:
Originally Posted by h121589
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Originally Posted by maskawaih
Grab floppy firmly in right hand , shake up and down reaptedly ,stand back enjoy your accomplisplment .
isnt that..... :ph34r:Quote:
Originally Posted by peat moss
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Originally Posted by maskawaih
Oh so sorry ,I'm confused , dam ok grab the lady in waiting oops!
What the fucks a floppy drive?
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Originally Posted by Duffman3
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by peat moss
Maybe for you Virtual...others might not know of such things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Virtualbody1234
Use your knowledge to teach.
Condescension is never pretty. :)
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.
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. :)
Thanks for sharing your thoughts openly, clocker.
It's part of the new, more sensitive me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Virtualbody1234
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!
well sorryQuote:
Originally Posted by Virtualbody1234
So did you try a different floppy yet? :frusty:Quote:
Originally 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
Another problem is that the pins on the motherboard are damaged or broken which makes your floppy drive not work at all. Like mine!!
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:
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by bigboab
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by lynx
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 ;)