Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!boulder!seri!wind55!marshall From: marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Floppy-drive doesn't "see" that i change floppy! Message-ID: Date: 8 Nov 90 18:35:24 GMT References: Sender: news@seri.gov (news) Distribution: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Organization: Solar Energy Research Institute Lines: 20 krab@iesd.auc.dk (Kresten Krab Thorup) writes: >Sometimes it happens,that my loppy-drive doesn`t recognize >when I insert a new floppy.... >When I try to "dir" it, it displays the previous directory >listning of that drive , and even if I `enter' the disk by >typing "A:" I still cannot find nor execute any files... >BUT - if I run the chkdsk command on the floppy - it somehow >initializes the disk, and the contents of this floppy is >available! Would you be running QEMM on a DOS 4 machine? -- Marshall L. Buhl, Jr. EMAIL: marshall@seri.gov Senior Computer Missionary VOICE: (303)231-1014 Wind Research Branch 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401-3393 Solar Energy Research Institute Solar - safe energy for a healthy future