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From: gfretwell@aol.com
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Subject: Re: Hmmmm, Where is the floppy drive in XP?
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 10:39:54 -0500
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On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 06:27:43 -0600, james@nospam.com wrote:

>I'm not used to having a floppy drive on an XP machine. 
>I plugged in a NEW floppy drive, which I just got in the mail. I used
>that twist cable which I mentioned. (twist on drive end), and connected
>the power cable. Everything is plugged in properly.
>
>I am not seeing the A: drive in My Computer. 
>
>I am not sure where else it should show up.
>
>I confirmed this drive works by plugging it into the existing cables
>connected to the internal floppy drive and it works fine. I read, wrote
>and formatted a floppy. 
>
>In XP, I went to control panel, hardware, and I can see the floppy
>listed. It says it's working fine. 
>
>I went to the command line, and typed A:
>It says "Invalid drive specification".
>
>The only thing I can think is that maybe that cable is defective??? 
>

5 wire twist or 7 wire twist?
Do you have the power cable plugged it? 
Did you boot the machine? 
Does it spin on the boot?
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