efrain12
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How to get rid of non-existent floppy drive.
I'm running win98 S.E.
Instead of a floppy drive, I have installed a removable LS-120 hard drive
(which looks and acts like a floppy). The system works ok; the problem is, Windows Explorer lists a the top (left pane) a non-existent 5 1/4 floppy drive as drive A:
Since I have two logical drives (C and D), the LS-120 is assigned letter F: (CD ROM gets "G:"); every time I forget and hit the floppy A: icon, Windows doesn't know what to do, it takes forever and finally says something like:
" drive A: inaccessible, .... "
I went to rhe registry and found:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\enum\FL
TIA for any help.
Efrain R Portales
Instead of a floppy drive, I have installed a removable LS-120 hard drive
(which looks and acts like a floppy). The system works ok; the problem is, Windows Explorer lists a the top (left pane) a non-existent 5 1/4 floppy drive as drive A:
Since I have two logical drives (C and D), the LS-120 is assigned letter F: (CD ROM gets "G:"); every time I forget and hit the floppy A: icon, Windows doesn't know what to do, it takes forever and finally says something like:
" drive A: inaccessible, .... "
I went to rhe registry and found:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\enum\FL
TIA for any help.
Efrain R Portales
You should remove the floppy from the BIOS. ONly then will windows stop recognising the floppy. Also in the device manager, in disk drives, delete ....floppy disk. The problem should not occur again. no need to touch the registry.
Listen to hari kp. You can tell the bios to disable that drive and not to look for new floppy devices. But never mess with the registry if you don't absolutely have to...you can cause worse problems that way.
Resolution
Enter the CMOS Setup and disable the Floppy drive.
In order to resolve this issue follow these steps:
1. Turn the system on.
2. During the initial screen displayed, press the F2 Key to enter the BIOS Setup Utility. (might not be F2 but you'll see instructions for pressing del, F1, etc to enter setup)
3. Use the right hand arrow key to choose the "Advanced" tab
4. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight "Floppy Options" and press Enter.
5. Use the "+" Key to change the Floppy Disk Controler to "Disabled".
6. Press the F10 Key. A Setup Confirmation Window will open stating, "Save Configuration changes and exit now?"
7. Highlight "Yes" and press Enter.
the exact location of the floppy options may vary depending on your BIOS manufacturer and instead of using the + key, you might have to use page up, page down, or hit enter to select a submenu.
Enter the CMOS Setup and disable the Floppy drive.
In order to resolve this issue follow these steps:
1. Turn the system on.
2. During the initial screen displayed, press the F2 Key to enter the BIOS Setup Utility. (might not be F2 but you'll see instructions for pressing del, F1, etc to enter setup)
3. Use the right hand arrow key to choose the "Advanced" tab
4. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight "Floppy Options" and press Enter.
5. Use the "+" Key to change the Floppy Disk Controler to "Disabled".
6. Press the F10 Key. A Setup Confirmation Window will open stating, "Save Configuration changes and exit now?"
7. Highlight "Yes" and press Enter.
the exact location of the floppy options may vary depending on your BIOS manufacturer and instead of using the + key, you might have to use page up, page down, or hit enter to select a submenu.
ASKER
Sorrry, I forgot to mention, I already did that: the CMOS setup has BOTH drives (A: and B:) disabled; that is because the LS-120 is setup - and physically, too - like a IDE drive ( a secondary, in my case).
Also, I removed the floppy disk controller in 'Control Panel'>'System'>'Devices',
Thanks for your prompt response; will keep waiting for more hints/ suggestions.
Efrain R Portales, A+ tech.
Also, I removed the floppy disk controller in 'Control Panel'>'System'>'Devices',
Thanks for your prompt response; will keep waiting for more hints/ suggestions.
Efrain R Portales, A+ tech.
Go into your device manager and delete the standard floppy controller.
Opps I didn't read all of your last comment.
Try this:
Go into the Device manager and disable the device in your hardware profile.
Try this:
Go into the Device manager and disable the device in your hardware profile.
reset BIOS defaults, if that doesn't work, you'll probably have to flash it.
the only other possibility is fdisk /mbr from a DOS prompt
the only other possibility is fdisk /mbr from a DOS prompt
remove it once again and the next time it's reinstalling the controller, just cancel it. Also there is an option in the BIOS, report no FDD for windows, enable it and try.
Download TweakUI and install.
Access it from control panel folder
Click on My computer tab and uncheck A:
Reboot and drive A: is invisible in My Computer.
Can't click on it if it isn't there.
centerv
Access it from control panel folder
Click on My computer tab and uncheck A:
Reboot and drive A: is invisible in My Computer.
Can't click on it if it isn't there.
centerv
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