a:\ drive erases floppys when inserted

[scottdfs]

not in every case, but several times a user has inserted their disk that contains data, but when they try to access, the drive locks up. when they take their disk to another pc, it is now blank. ran a virus scan, no virus. any ideas?

 

[pirate252]

Is the disk in the same formats as the computers OS? it could be trying to format it, or the disk could have a virus on it, other than that i dont know, these are just my guesses, i tryed to help though

Matt

 

[NOOBZZ]

Make sure and check to see if the ribbon cable to the Floopy drive is hooked up correctly. If its inserted backwards, then anything you insert to it, will get erased.

Caution, the floopy may still read disk, but sometimes after its been hooked up backwards, it may not write correctly anymore

 

[IMRevbudgreen]

Common issue with a bad floppy drive. Replace the drive and ribbon cable and try again.
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