I have removed a floppy drive from one computer and installed it onto
another. If I have connected it up correctly how do I get drive (a) to
appear as one of the drive letters in My Computer. I don't recall having
software for the floppy drive installation.

Any advice is most welcome.

Pat

You will likely need to enable the floppy drive controller in your BIOS.
Please refer to the motherboard manual for this information.

Pat wrote:

> I have removed a floppy drive from one computer and installed it onto
> another. If I have connected it up correctly how do I get drive (a) to
> appear as one of the drive letters in My Computer. I don't recall having
> software for the floppy drive installation.
>
> Any advice is most welcome.
>
> Pat
>
>

If you have connected it up correctly, it appears in My Computer. No driver
or other software needed.

To find out if it is connected correctly: Does it appear in the BIOS? Does
it appear in Device Manager?

--
Ted Zieglar
"You can do it if you try."

"Pat" <glass_patrick@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have removed a floppy drive from one computer and installed it onto
> another. If I have connected it up correctly how do I get drive (a) to
> appear as one of the drive letters in My Computer. I don't recall having
> software for the floppy drive installation.
>
> Any advice is most welcome.
>
> Pat
>
>

No driver is needed.

The floppy setup in the bios must match how you've setup the floppy drive as
hardware including its capacity. The floppy controller must be enabled in
the bios. Some don't have the latter option, and happens automatically when
enabling the floppy drive in the bios.

If a the bios routine shows a floppy error prior to Windows starting,
windows will not "see" the floppy drive. Typical user install error is the
floppy ribbon cable 180 degrees out.

--
Jonny
"Pat" <glass_patrick@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have removed a floppy drive from one computer and installed it onto
> another. If I have connected it up correctly how do I get drive (a) to
> appear as one of the drive letters in My Computer. I don't recall having
> software for the floppy drive installation.
>
> Any advice is most welcome.
>
> Pat
>
>