floppy drive

[shawg]

hi
anyone help with problem my floppy drive wont read disk just gives warnings "disk in drive not formatted" tried a new drive, ribbon cable and power lead any ideas

[Devilfish]

Is the disk formatted to FAT32?

Have you tried it in another PC to make sure it works ok?

[shawg]

disks are formatted fat 32 and written to in past this problem is affective for all my floppies

[shady77]

its your pc's way of telling you to stop living in the past maaan.
floppys are yesterdays jam.lol

[shawg]

true but some still need em

[Devilfish]

Do you have a blank disk that you can format in the drive and then read? This woul eliminate the drive as the fault and it might be the actual disks that are corrupt.

[ZaFoD]

hi
anyone help with problem my floppy drive wont read disk just gives warnings "disk in drive not formatted" tried a new drive, ribbon cable and power lead any ideas

Has this 'Floppy Drive' read 'These Disks' in this 'PC' before ?
If it has and you haven't done anything major i.e. re-built the PC with new OS or Hardware, or Updated your BIOS.
I'd say your Floppy Drive has died.

One last resort you can try with this drive or any replacement you get.
Is to go into the BIOS switch the Floppy Drive to a 'B: drive' and save your setting as you leave. Older OEM Floppy Drives were wired for either 'A:' or 'B:' use.
But try a new Floppy Disk first as Devilfish advises, its far less dangerous :)