Hi Lee,

The point Pegasus was trying to make is if your computer booted with a W98
boot disk, your floppy drive is OK. What OS you are running makes no
difference.

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HTH,
Curt

Windows Support Center
http://aumha.org/

"Lee Masson" <hammer_fan@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> But I am on Windows XP, so a Windows 98 boot disk would be useless.
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
> news:OgXo55XYHHA.2556@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "Lee Masson" <hammer_fan@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23efTPxXYHHA.2552@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi All,
>>> I am on Windows XP, and for some reason I cannot access any floppy disk
>>> as
>>> they cannot be read on my floppy drive.
>>>
>>> I have had the pc for 3yrs, and am sure I have used some disks in it
>> during
>>> that time.
>>>
>>> I know some of them might have been set-up on Windows 98, but that
>> shouldnt
>>> make a difference should it.
>>>
>>> Every time I put a disk in that has something on, it tells me I need to
>>> format the disk.
>>>
>>> Even when I do, it still wont work.
>>>
>>> I have removed the drivers and rebooted, with no resolution.
>>>
>>> I know nobody uses floppy disk drives no more, but I have information on
>>> some that I need to access.
>>>
>>> Can anyone help me
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Probably a disk drive gone bad. Get a friend to make you a Win98
>> boot diskette from www.bootdisk.com, then boot your machine
>> with this boot disk. If it boots successfully and if it then can read
>> your floppy data disks then you have a Windows problem. If it
>> still can't read them then you have a floppy disk problem.
>>
>>
>
>