Second 3.5" floppy drive

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Eric Ottewitte - 20 Apr 2004 10:27 GMT

Problem: added a second 3.5" drive. Looks good in BIOS.
On boot-up floppy seek lights up each briefly as
expected. Stopping in DOS, both can be read - one A
drive, other B drive. Going into Windows 98 SE, only one
appears in System Properties, only one in File Manager.
Only one, the A drive is availabe and working. I go back
to BIOS and swap floppy disks, A with B. Again in DOS
both read a disk fine. Again in Windows only one
appears, this time the other floppy. Conclusion: cabling
good, fl. drives both good. Floppy disk good. Why will
Windows recognize only one? How can I get it to recognize
the second one? Help! Thanks.

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Richard G. Harper - 20 Apr 2004 11:06 GMT

Did you try running the Add New Hardware Wizard to see if it picks up the
new floppy drive?

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> Problem: added a second 3.5" drive. Looks good in BIOS.
> On boot-up floppy seek lights up each briefly as
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> Windows recognize only one? How can I get it to recognize
> the second one? Help! Thanks.

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