Phantom Floppy drive

[AirStrike]

Question, my computer keeps adding and setting up the drivers for a floppy drive...........that I don't have I diabled it and removed it but once I restarted my comp it added it again. Thoughts?

[azkwazere]

There is deff nothing physically attached to the floppy bus cable?

Got any virtual floppy drives running?

Run through the setup process, windows will allow for it to install from its own drivers file and then remove it in devmgmt.msc?

aZk.

[88GreenVN]

Question, my computer keeps adding and setting up the drivers for a floppy drive...........that I don't have I diabled it and removed it but once I restarted my comp it added it again. Thoughts?

Did you reset the plug n play setting in the bios?

[Tom_1569]

Disabled in BIOS?

[AirStrike]

There is deff nothing physically attached to the floppy bus cable?

Got any virtual floppy drives running?

Run through the setup process, windows will allow for it to install from its own drivers file and then remove it in devmgmt.msc?

aZk.

Nope, built it myself. No virtual drives.

Did you reset the plug n play setting in the bios?

Nope haven't touched it.

Disabled in BIOS?

Not sure, have to check.
My problem is why has it done it all of a sudden after running for months without a prob.

[Fr3ak+--]

i'd have a look see in the bios and shut it off

[Tom_1569]

Not sure, have to check.
My problem is why has it done it all of a sudden after running for months without a prob.

By default they are normall enabled in BIOS, so just change it to none/disabled.

BUT I have no idea why windows would all of a sudden just pick it up and try to install it.

[AirStrike]

All fixed, changed it to disabled in the BIOS............how I had it
I forgot I updated the BIOS the other day, and it must of reverted to the factory setting.
Cheerts everyone!

[88GreenVN]

Just a funny side story - I had a flash drive that thought it was a 1.44 floppy disk and would not format out to anything but 1.44mb's. - pipped me off no end

It now looks like a flat 1.44 floppy as I smashed it with a mallett. Felt so much better after that, as it had me trying to fix it for several days to no avail.

Loosely connected to the phantom 1.44 heading

[vlv8vic]

I was going to suggest physically installing a floppy drive. Then it wouldn't be a lie. lol

Had the same thing happen on my old machine and fixed it the same way. Not that you care now!

[AirStrike]

I was going to suggest physically installing a floppy drive. Then it wouldn't be a lie. lol

Had the same thing happen on my old machine and fixed it the same way. Not that you care now!

INSTALL A FLOPPY DRIVE!!!!!!!!! Now why would i waste $10 like that?

[88GreenVN]

INSTALL A FLOPPY DRIVE!!!!!!!!! Now why would i waste $10 like that?

Ha ha - I have 4 of them sitting in my PC scrap pile + boxes and boxes of old floppy disks. Even found some old 720 k units with a hole drilled in them to make em 1.44's.

Now that's a while ago - showing my age

[vlv8vic]

lol same - i'd be thrilled if some dopey prick would give me $10 for the whole lot!!!

[vlv8vic]

I'll even toss in approx 50 NEW floppy disks. What a deal lol. (ex school stock)

[greenfoam]

You guys just dont know how important it is to have old floppy drives (and good ones) untill you try and convert 3000 Amiga disks to images on a pc, you would and I have, pay 50 bucks for the right drive

[MudBlood]

Even found some old 720 k units with a hole drilled in them to make em 1.44's.

I thought I was the only one that done this... Was so much cheaper buying 720's than 1.44's..