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by Valis 25 Replies latest jw friends

  • Valis
    Valis

    hey doc...it is also happening on usb floppy devices from what I read...Dell doesn't even address the issue properly and from what I have read is is not only a know issue, but one that nobody has a sure fire fix to. Microsoft suggest reformatting or getting a tool to edit the media descriptor on each floppy, which IMO is stupid as hell. So I have to disagree somewhat as i imagine it is a BIOS and OS problem, but you could be right about the alignment, but I wouldn't think it would be an issue on brand new machines....

    Sincerely,

    Districy Overbeer

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  • drwtsn32
    drwtsn32

    Valis, here's a KB article discussing a missing media descriptor:

    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;140060

    But it seems to suggest that only DOS/Win95 would be able to read such a disk. Win98/Me/2K/XP would all want the disk formatted before it would read them properly. So I don't think this particular problem is what's happening to you.

    What happens if you format a disk on the new machine? Can it be read by the older Win98/Me computers correctly?

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  • Valis
    Valis

    Yes 9X & the new machines can read them fine. AND that is what is puzzling. Can you imagine having deployed say a thousand enterprise machines and you have old, yet valuable data on floppies they won't read? Talk about screwing you gently w/a chainsaw!

    Sincerely,

    District overbeer

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  • Sirius Dogma
    Sirius Dogma

    I am sure you have thought of it and I know it isn't the most eloquent solution, but how about bringing up a 98/Me box and putting a network share on the floppy. Then at least it can be read. I guess you want a permanant and workable solution, but this might be a workaround, until microsoft never fixes it.

    Also regarding getting rid of floppies, I wish they would. I just built a new machine and didn't put a floppy drive in it. I was thinking the same thing, what is the point, they are slow and hold a tiny amount of data. I have media reader that has 4 slots for different memory cards and a couple dvd/cd drives, why would I need a floppy? I also have a top of the line asus motherboard, kv8 deluxe, best one they have for the athlon 64 series and it can even update it's bios via the internet. Well, it turns out you can't boot from a memory stick (at least I can't find a way) and the bios update tells you when you download the new .bin, DONT UPDATE THIS BIOS VIA THIS PROGRAM. Great, so I can download it, but not update it ... and what good is this program? So the only option I have left to update the bios is via floppy, oh and I was trying to install Windoze to a SATA drive. Can't do that without a floppy either. Anyway, all the talk about phasing out floppies is crap, no one is taking any real steps to do this although with so many having Cd burner's and memory stick readers making headway, I wish they would at least make it possible to have a full function machine without having a floppy.

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  • rem
    rem

    >>Can you imagine having deployed say a thousand enterprise machines and you have old, yet valuable data on floppies they won't read?

    No, I don't even want to try to imagine such a travesty!

    Time to upgrade to USB keyfobs. Floppies are so ten years ago :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

    I'm wondering if you originally formatted all your floppies on XP if it would work with all of the other operating systems? That would suck for existing floppies with issues, but any new floppies that are distributed would be immune. Then again I'm not sure I completely understand the issue and I'm too lazy to research it. You did ask for geeks, though!

    rem

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  • Valis
    Valis

    Goddam mediocre geeks spamming my thread! *LOL* Thanks for your input everyone.

    Sincerely,

    District Overbeer

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  • Satanus
    Satanus

    Have you phoned dell and asked for their top geek?

    SS

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  • Valis
    Valis

    Dude thier website sucks! And as far as thier top geek is concerned ....eh

    Sincerely,

    District Overbeer

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  • shamus
    shamus

    I would talk to your systems analyst, or whatever the devil they call him.

    Simon could know, but I think he's playing that penguin game, LOL!

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  • Valis
    Valis

    shamus...my IT people came to me w/the problem...it really sucks because students are losing work....One thing though I think I convinced them to change the pop up that the students get so if the disk can't be read then it gives an error, not a prompt to format.

    Sincerely,

    District Overbeer

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