Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!bronze!copper!rschmidt From: rschmidt@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (roy schmidt) Subject: Re: WP 5.1 Prob. Message-ID: <1991Jun10.204527.4841@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> Summary: Me Too! Keywords: wp Sender: news@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington References: <3807@naucse.cse.nau.edu> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 91 20:45:27 GMT Lines: 27 In article <3807@naucse.cse.nau.edu> wew@naucse.cse.nau.edu (Bill Wilson) writes: >Have any of you experienced the following problem? > >I have a 386sx system with 6.5 meg of Ram. I am running in enhanced >mode and am running WordPerfect 5.1 full screen. When I try to >access my A & B floppy drives, I get error 25. I don't have any >problems accessing the drives from my other programs. The wierd >thing is that sometimes WP can see the drives just fine. Although, >I can't isolate when... > >I also have a secondary controller in the machine (Compaticard IV) >that drives a 360 K external drive that never gives me a problem. >My primary controller is AN IDE FD/HD adapter. > Wish I could be telling you the answer to this problem, but I have the same phenomenon. It just doesn't happen with WP 5.1; at other random times I have the same problem, both in and out of windows. I have investigated windows, QEMM, himem.sys, clean system, etc., and just about have concluded that there is some problem with the FD controller part of my IDE controller. What brand is yours? Mine is an ADP-60. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roy Schmidt | #include Indiana University | /* They are _my_ thoughts, and you can't Graduate School of Business | have them, so there! */