Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!ukma!andreap From: andreap@ms.uky.edu (Peach) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Floppy-drive doesn't "see" that i change floppy! Message-ID: Date: 9 Nov 90 14:09:55 GMT References: Distribution: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Organization: U of Ky, Math. Sciences, Lexington KY Lines: 17 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! Sounds like a pin 34 problem to me. Harold Peach, hgpeach@ca.uky.edu