In news:5D23A2E7-9CE1-414B-8042-357CE130A717@microsoft.com,
Julsie had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> "My computer" does not recognize my floppy drive and very frequently
> the following message comes up " no disk in Drive-retry -- continue
> -- cancel". And if I insert a floppy into the drive it does not work.
> However, if I create a shortcut on my desktop to the floppy drive,
> then I can get it to work when I insert a floppy disc. So,
> obviously, the problem is not in the drive itself or in its
> connections, but rather in that Windows XP doesn't recognize it for
> some reason. Any suggestions?

Enter your setup (pre-boot) to CMOS and adjust the floppy's settings to
DISABLE three-mode support. Use just the 1.44 setting. That *generally* does
the trick.

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