stupid floppy disk drives! format dammit!

Lex · 1 May 2007 at 11:39

ALL i want to do is format the floppy disk i have in my drive and it says simply 'cannot format disk'

there is no lock on the disk
used more than one disk
used more than one disk drive

floppy disks are definetly lame!

you ask why do i use it?
ans: i need to install the sata drivers for my motherboard and apprently it gets it from the floppy disk when you press f6 on a windows install.

any other way round this?

Admiral Huddy · 1 May 2007 at 11:46

Does your windows install disk have SP1 or Sp2 on it already.. If so, you won't need to install the third party drivers from diskette.

If not, are there any lights on the floppy disk? Is it on all the time?

Lex · 1 May 2007 at 12:21

Admiral Huddy said:
Does your windows install disk have SP1 or Sp2 on it already.. If so, you won't need to install the third party drivers from diskette.

If not, are there any lights on the floppy disk? Is it on all the time?

sp1 & sp2 i have.

lights are on floppy disk.

anyway i have scrapped it and just installing windows like norm coz you said i dont have to and remembered last time i didnt.

thanks busta!

Admiral Huddy · 1 May 2007 at 13:03

Lex said:
sp1 & sp2 i have.

lights are on floppy disk.

anyway i have scrapped it and just installing windows like norm coz you said i dont have to and remembered last time i didnt.

thanks busta!

No worries.. I meant to say are the lights ON all the time on the floppy drive..

RaiderX · 1 May 2007 at 13:31

if the lights always on its usually the cables in wrong way

Admiral Huddy · 1 May 2007 at 13:58

RaiderX said:
if the lights always on its usually the cables in wrong way

yep - thats' what i was leading to.

FishPolice · 1 May 2007 at 14:30

That's the problem with floppies -they seem fine up until the point you actually need them to work :/

t31os · 1 May 2007 at 14:57

They usually work fine for me, but i've made silly mistakes before to.....

In my own experience its usually one of the following when the drive doesnt work.

1) Cable is the wrong way round
2) The disk is knackered
3) The drive is knackered
4) Floppy drive has been disabled in the bios
5) Forgot to plug the power cable in, or its not quite connected properly