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Floppy drive won't work after new HD install

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Rebel7254

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just replaced my Maxtor 40 GB 5400 RPM HD with a Maxtor 60 GB 7200 RPM. And now I can't get my floppy drive to work. When I put a disk in, the LED on the drive comes on like it's reading the disk, but Windows gives me a box that says "Please insert disk into drive A:". I've went through device manager and all that and the device is working properly according to Windows.

What happened?
 
This happens to me all the time when I switch any hardware. i know it sounds stupid but your problem is probably just that your IDE cable isnt seated completely OR because floppy drives are so darn ghetto you may have to jiggle it around a little and actually hold your finger on the floppy disk after inserting it. These floppy drives are so rinkydink these days that sometimes you have to just persuade it to read the disk by physically munipulating it. You may even have to take the front cover of your case off so you can manhandle it to get it to read the disk. So...first try reseating your cable, if that doesnt work, stick the disk in and hold it down with your finger while the comp reads it. If that doesn't work, move it around with your hand to munipulate the inside of the drive..(really). If all else fails, go buy another one for $10, but I am sure if you just physically persuade it to read it will comply.
 
As the previous poster said, first make sure that both drives are plugged in properly on both the drive side and motherboard side. Also, make sure that your CMOS settings are as they should be. A CMOS reset is worth a shot. Try a different floppy cable. Also, are you sure that the disk you put in wasn't defective? Try a few disks to make sure it isn't a problem with that particular disk.
 
if you pulled out the cable, ensure it is the right way round and not upside down. Other types of drive dont let you insert upside down and arent often bothered which way round the cable is, floppys otoh are. Usually though the problem is shown by the floppy LED being on constantly, so maybe doesnt apply to you, but probably worth checking.
 
Actually the drive doesn't "let" you install a cable backward, badly designed cables do. Cables with a keyed connector can't be installed backward, but many many floppy cables don't have the key.
 
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