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Ken,
Did you find a solution to this problem? I am having the
exact same problem right now at home.
>-----Original Message-----
>Ken Heart wrote:
>> Situation: Brand new PC running XP Home. Fully updated.
>> When a 3½ floppy disk is inserted and read for the
first
>> time, the contents are correctly displayed by double-
>> clicking on 3½ Floppy (A
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in My Computer.
>> However if the diskette is subsequently removed and a
>> different one inserted, double-clicking on A drive
>> displays the contents of the previous diskette! F5 does
>> not refresh the directory listing either.
>> Afterwards, even if there is no diskette in the drive,
>> double-clicking on 3½ Floppy (A
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in My Computer
brings up
>> the directory listing of the first diskette.
>> The only way to read a second diskette is by restarting
>> the PC!
>> Please help - Mail to
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>Sounds like a bent pin on the drive cabling (or
missed.) Used to happen all
>the time.
>
>Take apart the computer, unhook the ribbon cable from
the floppy drive,
>check the places it plugs in (both ends) for bent
pins.. Plug it back in
>securely.
>
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