Ugh...another problem with my new computer..floppy this time

Liquidman · Post by **Liquidman** » September 26th, 2004, 7:24 pm

Okay, so my new floppy dirve doesn't work. My computer recognizes the drive, but whenever I put a disc in, it informs me that it isn't formatted. When I try to format the disc, it tells me that the disc can't be formatted. This is confusing me, so please help .

Oh, I think the drive is a sony one. I bought it because my old one did the same thing when I put it in the new computer, but now this one does it too.

Thanks for reading.

Tebow2000 · Post by **Tebow2000** » October 14th, 2004, 5:38 pm

That happens with alot of floppy disk and I dont know the cause.. Try a new pack of floppy disk and see what happens

Liquidman · Post by **Liquidman** » October 15th, 2004, 10:00 pm

Thanks, I'll try that

Liquidman · Post by **Liquidman** » December 26th, 2004, 1:56 am

nah, the new floppies don't make a difference. any floppy I put in says it's not formatted.

Any other suggestions?

Post by **ccb056** » December 26th, 2004, 4:33 am

take the floppy drive out of the case, keep it all plugged in

boot up the computer, does the floppy light stay lit, if so, the cable is reversed

if the light doesnt stay lit then try reading a disc with the drive out of the casing

Racerboy · Post by **Racerboy** » December 26th, 2004, 12:41 pm

I have the same problem, I have a sony, too.
Old computer floppy drive has no problems.

Liquidman · Post by **Liquidman** » December 30th, 2004, 9:40 am

Thanks, I'll try that, ccb056. I'll let u know the results, Racerboy.

Liquidman · Post by **Liquidman** » January 16th, 2005, 6:23 am

Okay, I finally took the floppy out of the case, and what do you know, it works. So I put it back in the case and start up again, and it doesn't work anymore. Now how do I make it work in the case?

habbojane · Post by **habbojane** » January 16th, 2005, 9:01 am

are you puting in old disc with information in them from an older computer with a different os? say win98 on fat 16?

Liquidman · Post by **Liquidman** » January 16th, 2005, 5:41 pm

that could be true, most of the discs are pretty old.

Racerboy · Post by **Racerboy** » January 19th, 2005, 1:39 pm

habbojane wrote:are you puting in old disc with information in them from an older computer with a different os? say win98 on fat 16?

yup, but reading empty discs is also complicated