Bios says only floppy is "A" but Win98se says floppy is "B"

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rqlhgl@ieee.org - 31 Jan 2006 00:41 GMT

I notice that Win98 cannot see the only floppy as drive "A" but insists
that is drive "B" although the bios only sees "A". I have temporarilly
"worked around" this by changing the label of a shortcut aimed at "B"
to "A". Any better solution?
Dick

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Haggis - 31 Jan 2006 01:57 GMT

change the cable connection ?

> I notice that Win98 cannot see the only floppy as drive "A" but insists
> that is drive "B" although the bios only sees "A". I have temporarilly
> "worked around" this by changing the label of a shortcut aimed at "B"
> to "A". Any better solution?
> Dick

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Jeff Richards - 31 Jan 2006 09:31 GMT

Look in BIOS setup for an option to switch A and B. If it's set, then the
BIOS will swap the letters but Windows sometimes ignores the swap. Change
the settings, then move the drive to the other cable connector.

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>I notice that Win98 cannot see the only floppy as drive "A" but insists
> that is drive "B" although the bios only sees "A". I have temporarilly
> "worked around" this by changing the label of a shortcut aimed at "B"
> to "A". Any better solution?
> Dick

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