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 Floppy Drive/ 16 bit mode
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I am having problems with a floppy drive. I checked it with a multi-meter and it checks out fine. When I put a floppy in the drive and click on the A: drive it reads, "Do you want to format it"? I click yes and it says it can not due to it running in a 16 bit mode in Dos. How do I get it to stop running in Dos mode? I tried to restart in dos mode and it would go straight back into windows. By the way, it is windows 98.. A friends computer.
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Does it happen with every floppy you try or just that one floppy?
I use floppys like paper clips. If I have any problems with one, I just trash it and use another.
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Re: Floppy Drive
It is with every floppy that I try. It is not the floppy its self. When I do a "regedit" under run it says that the floppy is running under 16 bit Dos mode. Says something about active x. I do not have the pc in front of me to tell you exactly what it says and I apologize for that.
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Did the friend run a dos program that ended abnormally? Microsoft says sometimes when that happens it won't exit DOS mode even when you restart. So try to restart the dos program and then end that program normally. If that wasn't the case, we'll look at something else.
Also, try and find out what that ActiveX message was.
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Bleck win98!?!?!?!?!
dude when did this start happening?
try a regedit /restore back to a date you know it was working.
if that dont werk
remove the floppy driver reboot and reinstall.
if that dont werk
clear the cmos
or
drop the computer on the floor and in a menacing voice yell "THAT'LL TEACH YA!"
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quote:
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Bleck win98!?!?!?!?!
Hey, some of us don't get to rush out and drop a couple thousand bucks just cause we want to. We work with what we have till we can do better. Win98 still runs most of the apps most people just absolutely have to have. It's quirky and not as stable as anything based on NT, but it will run if you keep it fed and cleaned.
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ok, dont know if it was ended with a dos program and if it was abnormal. This is a pc that I was working on from a friends work. I have tried to reconnect it and all the normal stuff and no luck. I did do a regedit and under the floppy tab it reads that this is being used as a 16 dos mode application. This is my problem
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11-20-04 01:38 AM
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A missing HSFLOP.PDR file from the Windows ..\system\iosubsys directory will cause floppy drives (A to function in 16 bit mode. There are some viruses that will erase this file.
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Floppy Drive
How do I replace this and where do I find it? HSFLOP.PDR file from the Windows ..\system\iosubsys directory
Thanks so much Theknee
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