floppy problem

[barnnett]

I have not been able to get my floppy drive working properly on a build-your-own pc.
AOpen ax6bc,award bios, new hard drive and new windows 98 os.
If I format a floppy on this drive, it will work. Any old floppy is read as unformatted. The floppys read ok on another machine. Also, the floppy that was read as formatted and empty on the sick drive shows as having system files on the other machine.
what could be wrong?

[Mntsnow]

The reason system files are showing up on the floppy in the "old" machine is you have the "hide system files" enabled on the new computer and disabled on the old computer....you are comparing apples to oranges.....as to why the new drive is not reading old floppys but is able to format them is beyond my experiance http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif

Mntsnow

[barnnett]

Hide system files might be on. I usually set them to show. I don't like anything hidden, but it's possible. I will check when I get home. However, I started with a new floppy disk and specified full format without copying system files. Something is way wrong.

[Bleeding Edge]

Try another floppy drive and cable to see if the problem is elsewhere or not.

[Susan]

I have similar symptoms about 6 months ago and finally replaced the drive.

[barnnett]

It seems unlikely, but can someone verify this would not be because I set the hard drive to FAT32.

[MadMax]

Partition type has nothing to do with the fdd subsystem. Make sure that you have a 1.44mb fdd selected in bios and try boot to the floppy drive. If you have the correct floppy type selected in bios and it won't boot to a system floppy disk (made with a DIFFERENT system) you have a bad fdd/fdd cntrlr/fdd cable. Change the cable first and try again. If it still doesn't work, change the drive. If it still doesn't work, change the mobo.

This prob is most likely (IF you have the correct fdd parameters selected in bios) a fdd with heads out of alignment. Too cheap to replace to make it worthwhile to fix.

Btw~If it WILL boot to a system disk made with another comp, your OS is the problem.

[This message has been edited by MadMax (edited 06-10-99).]