From: dgazey_at_ca.ibm.com
Date: Wed Dec 30 1998 - 19:17:07 EST
>I just bought a 770ED which came standard with Win95 and I reformatted and
>did a new install of Win98. Everything worked perfectly.....until I later
>discovered that my floppy drive stopped working correctly. When I stick
a
>brand new preformatted 3.5 disk into my floppy...Win98 tells me that the
>disk is not formatted...and if I want to format. If I choose yes....Win98
>ends up telling me that it cannot format the disk because it is either
>locked or defective. Everyone one of these disks work on other computers
>though.
Have you installed a SCSI device or tape backup device? Boot up in Safe
mode. Does the Floppy work there? If so - go to device manager and check to
see if you have a category SCSI adapters. Highlight the device there and
select properties. Go to the settings tab. Change the command from /W95
to /DE. OR disable the floppy drive controller in device manager. The SCSI
to parallel driver takes over Floppy access.
If this doesn't work - cold boot the system holding down the F1 key.
This takes you to EZ-Setup. Go to test and click on FDD-1 (if in the
UltraBay) or FDD-2 (if attached externally. IF it passes this quick test -
press CTRL-A on your keyboard. Exit the FRU Connections page, exit the
keyboard test page and then click again on the floppy. It will ask you to
insert a floppy disk and do a diagnostic ...
Good Luck.
Drew.
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