Diskette

[Tucson Golfer]

When I double click the diskette in My Computer I get the
a message that drive A is not accessibleand the computer
cannot read from the drive.I've tried several new and old
diskettes. Help please.
John Lee

[Richard G. Harper]

Have you tried a new drive? Yours may have failed.

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"Tucson Golfer" > wrote in message
...
> When I double click the diskette in My Computer I get the
> a message that drive A is not accessibleand the computer
> cannot read from the drive.I've tried several new and old
> diskettes. Help please.
> John Lee

[BarryG]

>-----Original Message-----
>On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 20:47:01 -0400, "Richard G. Harper"
> wrote:
>
>>Have you tried a new drive? Yours may have failed.
>
>
>Or even simpler, a cleaning disk? I'd try that first.
>
>1. Dirty drive head.
> Fix: Use a head cleaning disk.
>
>2. Loose cable between drive and motherboard.
> Fix: Re-seat the cable plugs firmly in sockets.
>
>3. Bad Drive.
> Fix: Replace drive.
>
>4. Faulty cable
> Fix: Replace cable.
>
>5. Bad Drive controller.
> Fix: Since drive controller is usually
> built in, replace the motherboard.
> Alternately, disable onboard controller
> in BIOS and use a controller card.
>>
You forgot 6

6. 3 1/2 inch 1.44 meg drive is defined as 5 1/4 inch
1.2meg drive ( or some other wrong type)
Fix: reset disk type in BIOS

Good luck
BarryG