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From: tim@watson.bcm.tmc.edu (Timothy Owen Lesniak)
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Subject: Problem with Win3 and Word Perfect 5.1
Keywords: Win3, WP51, floppy drive a:, b:
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Date: 26 Oct 90 18:33:00 GMT
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When I run Word Perfect 5.1 (full screen mode) from Windows,
everything works fine EXCEPT that I cannot read drive a: or b:
from Word Perfect, i.e. I cannot load a document into WP from
a floppy.  There is no problem accessing drive c:.

The message WP gives when it attemps to list or load in files from
a: or b: is "Drive not ready   1. Retry  2. Cancel".
When it attempts to read the disk, the disk light flickers several
times.

The same thing happens when I run WP51 from the Windows DOS shell.
This problem does not occur when I run WP51 from DOS.

I have a Northgate 320 Slimline (386, 20MHz).  Drive a: is a 5 1/4"
floppy and b: is a 3 1/2".

If anyone has heard of or experienced a similar problem and/or
knows of a solution, please let me know.

Thanks,
Tim Lesniak
Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor Systems Support Center
tim@bcm.tmc.edu