Floppy drive acting CRAZY! Help!!!

[Chappy]

I recently purchased a 733Mhz computer with and an A-Bit VT6X4 board. Everything works fine except the floppy drive. When I copy a file to the floppy, it shows it's there. I can even copy it from the floppy to anywhere on the machine, but when I remove the disk and re-insert it the file(s) are gone! How can these files be erased so quickly? I bought a new drive and cable and have installed that, but the same thing happens. I've never seen anything like this before. If anyone has any suggestions, please respond. I would really appreciate any input you all have to offer and, as usual, thanks in advance.

 

[Chappy]

Anybody? :frown:

 

[Chappy]

Aw, come on. Somebody's got an answer, don't they? Please?!!!

 

[Chappy]

Pretty Please!

 

[jamarno]

When I copy a file to the floppy, it shows it's there. I can even copy it from the floppy to anywhere on the machine, but when I remove the disk and re-insert it the file(s) are gone! How can these files be erased so quickly? I bought a new drive and cable and have installed that, but the same thing happens

In the Device Manager, does the entry for the floppy drive have its "removable media" box not checked? It's not a pin 34 problem because the files disappear when you reinsert the disk, and the signal on this pin indicates disk change.

A sure way to tell if the hardware is OK is by booting from a floppy and using Computercraft's ancient ANADISK utility (ANAD20*), which completely bypasses the BIOS when it communicates with the floppy.