Drive A Dissapeared:(

[katom]

hope you can help me with this.

I installed new xp.

Now Drive A not apear in "my computer" or anywhere in the pc.

I went to 'device manager' everything is ok the driver ok (I even enroll it) as far as xp know;everything is good.

I even opened the case to check the cable..everything is in place.

How can I know if its the hardware/drive A "kaput" ??

thanks guys.

[cdnvic]

Help us out here. What is drive A? A hard disk, floppy, cd/dvd, usb slot?

[katom]

drive A = Floppy disc.

sorry for the missed information.

[chiliwasabi]

The same thing happened to me. I lost 2 x 20gig hard drives (Drives B & C). I am now limping on with just my A drive (20gig).

[cdnvic]

Before going too far I'd reinstall the motherboard drivers. You could also remove the A drive's drivers then reinstall with the add hardware wizard in your control panel. Sometimes introducing the drive as if it were new solves the problem.

[frodo]

You can try going into your BIOS as well. Restart you pc and go into setup by pressing the "DELETE" key or "F2." Once you get into your BIOS, find where you drives are located. Mine, for example, is under "Standard CMOS Features." After clicking that you should see your A-Drive. Click that, and set which type of floppy your pc uses. Exit your BIOS and save your work. Your A-Drive should work when you re-enter windows.

[sjaak327]

Yep, the most common reason is that you have disable your FDD controller in the BIOS. If this doesn't help, your floppy drive could be broken. Windows should automatically recognize your floppy drive. Incidentally check both cables on your floppy drive, the controller cable and the power supply cable.

[penguin]

Always carefully check the connections. The small wires on the back of the floppy can get broken very easily. If it's not in BIOS then try another floppy, they only cost 250 baht new.

[elkangorito]

The same thing happened to me. I lost 2 x 20gig hard drives (Drives B & C). I am now limping on with just my A drive (20gig).

How strange! Since I became involved with PC's in 1990, I was led to believe that drives A & B were reserved identities for removable media drives (excluding CD-ROMs). C drive has always been the reserved identity for the OS on the HDD...or has all of this changed?

[katom]

Just an update my friends, I solve the problem 2 weeks ago.

I run the "find hardware" to instal the driver again (enroll didnt worked good for me..)

and thats all! Now I have drive A.

Try it.

[chiliwasabi]

The same thing happened to me. I lost 2 x 20gig hard drives (Drives B & C). I am now limping on with just my A drive (20gig).

How strange! Since I became involved with PC's in 1990, I was led to believe that drives A & B were reserved identities for removable media drives (excluding CD-ROMs). C drive has always been the reserved identity for the OS on the HDD...or has all of this changed?

My mistake! I am limping on with my C and have lost my other 2 hard drives.

[astral]

Try Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Computer Management/Storage/Disk Manangement

This will show you the drives that XP has located.

If the disks are not there, then I suggest you check all the cables.

If the disk is shown then select it and right click.

One of the options is to assign a letter to the drive.

Choose the letter you exepct to have for this drive

and you should be back in business.

Be careful to choose the right letter, otherwise any programmes that reside on the disk, or access it may have problems

[oooooo]

hope you can help me with this.

I installed new xp.

Now Drive A not apear in "my computer" or anywhere in the pc.

I went to 'device manager' everything is ok the driver ok (I even enroll it) as far as xp know;everything is good.

I even opened the case to check the cable..everything is in place.

How can I know if its the hardware/drive A "kaput" ??

thanks guys.

i dont know why in this day and age of bootable and rewritable optical drives and dvds anyone would want to use an fdd anyways????????? i havent seen one of those things in a number of years.

[elkangorito]

i dont know why in this day and age of bootable and rewritable optical drives and dvds anyone would want to use an fdd anyways????????? i havent seen one of those things in a number of years.

They are a great way of getting into a faulty system with extreme ease. Not only that, if you want to transfer small files, it makes more sense to put them onto a floppy than to burn them onto a CDROM.