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| Re: Vista changed my floppy drive to drive "B" Aha, thanks for the tip. It worked for me. "Dan" <nothome@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:eUtyTaWVHHA.4260@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue] >I had the same problem. To rectify it I simply went to the Device Manager >and uninstalled both the Floppy disk drive and the Floppy drive controller. >Once you have done that just scan for hardware changes. > Your floppy should now be A drive. > > -- > "George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:A514658C-070E-4C95-92D6-7AA7F7FEA0BD@microsoft.com...[color=green] >>i have been using Vista Ultimate for quite some time it seems now and >> suddenly last week I noticed that my floppy drive is now named drive "B". >> I >> have checked in my BIOS and that appears to be correct and I can't figure >> out >> how to get it back to being drive "A". I know there is little use for >> them >> these days but I tried to create a floppy for Seatools to run a >> diagnostic on >> one of my Seagate drives and I am told that I don't have a floppy drive. >> I am >> sorry but I can't seem to figure out how to change this drive back to >> being >> drive "A".[/color] >[/color] |
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| Re: Vista changed my floppy drive to drive "B" Aha, thanks for the tip. It worked for me. "Dan" <nothome@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:eUtyTaWVHHA.4260@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue] >I had the same problem. To rectify it I simply went to the Device Manager >and uninstalled both the Floppy disk drive and the Floppy drive controller. >Once you have done that just scan for hardware changes. > Your floppy should now be A drive. > > -- > "George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:A514658C-070E-4C95-92D6-7AA7F7FEA0BD@microsoft.com...[color=green] >>i have been using Vista Ultimate for quite some time it seems now and >> suddenly last week I noticed that my floppy drive is now named drive "B". >> I >> have checked in my BIOS and that appears to be correct and I can't figure >> out >> how to get it back to being drive "A". I know there is little use for >> them >> these days but I tried to create a floppy for Seatools to run a >> diagnostic on >> one of my Seagate drives and I am told that I don't have a floppy drive. >> I am >> sorry but I can't seem to figure out how to change this drive back to >> being >> drive "A".[/color] >[/color] |
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| Re: Vista changed my floppy drive to drive "B" Aha, thanks for the tip. It worked for me. "Dan" <nothome@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:eUtyTaWVHHA.4260@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue] >I had the same problem. To rectify it I simply went to the Device Manager >and uninstalled both the Floppy disk drive and the Floppy drive controller. >Once you have done that just scan for hardware changes. > Your floppy should now be A drive. > > -- > "George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:A514658C-070E-4C95-92D6-7AA7F7FEA0BD@microsoft.com...[color=green] >>i have been using Vista Ultimate for quite some time it seems now and >> suddenly last week I noticed that my floppy drive is now named drive "B". >> I >> have checked in my BIOS and that appears to be correct and I can't figure >> out >> how to get it back to being drive "A". I know there is little use for >> them >> these days but I tried to create a floppy for Seatools to run a >> diagnostic on >> one of my Seagate drives and I am told that I don't have a floppy drive. >> I am >> sorry but I can't seem to figure out how to change this drive back to >> being >> drive "A".[/color] >[/color] |
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| Re: Vista changed my floppy drive to drive "B" Aha, thanks for the tip. It worked for me. "Dan" <nothome@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:eUtyTaWVHHA.4260@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue] >I had the same problem. To rectify it I simply went to the Device Manager >and uninstalled both the Floppy disk drive and the Floppy drive controller. >Once you have done that just scan for hardware changes. > Your floppy should now be A drive. > > -- > "George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:A514658C-070E-4C95-92D6-7AA7F7FEA0BD@microsoft.com...[color=green] >>i have been using Vista Ultimate for quite some time it seems now and >> suddenly last week I noticed that my floppy drive is now named drive "B". >> I >> have checked in my BIOS and that appears to be correct and I can't figure >> out >> how to get it back to being drive "A". I know there is little use for >> them >> these days but I tried to create a floppy for Seatools to run a >> diagnostic on >> one of my Seagate drives and I am told that I don't have a floppy drive. >> I am >> sorry but I can't seem to figure out how to change this drive back to >> being >> drive "A".[/color] >[/color] |
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| Re: Vista changed my floppy drive to drive "B" Aha, thanks for the tip. It worked for me. "Dan" <nothome@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:eUtyTaWVHHA.4260@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue] >I had the same problem. To rectify it I simply went to the Device Manager >and uninstalled both the Floppy disk drive and the Floppy drive controller. >Once you have done that just scan for hardware changes. > Your floppy should now be A drive. > > -- > "George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:A514658C-070E-4C95-92D6-7AA7F7FEA0BD@microsoft.com...[color=green] >>i have been using Vista Ultimate for quite some time it seems now and >> suddenly last week I noticed that my floppy drive is now named drive "B". >> I >> have checked in my BIOS and that appears to be correct and I can't figure >> out >> how to get it back to being drive "A". I know there is little use for >> them >> these days but I tried to create a floppy for Seatools to run a >> diagnostic on >> one of my Seagate drives and I am told that I don't have a floppy drive. >> I am >> sorry but I can't seem to figure out how to change this drive back to >> being >> drive "A".[/color] >[/color] |
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| Re: Vista changed my floppy drive to drive "B" Aha, thanks for the tip. It worked for me. "Dan" <nothome@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:eUtyTaWVHHA.4260@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue] >I had the same problem. To rectify it I simply went to the Device Manager >and uninstalled both the Floppy disk drive and the Floppy drive controller. >Once you have done that just scan for hardware changes. > Your floppy should now be A drive. > > -- > "George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:A514658C-070E-4C95-92D6-7AA7F7FEA0BD@microsoft.com...[color=green] >>i have been using Vista Ultimate for quite some time it seems now and >> suddenly last week I noticed that my floppy drive is now named drive "B". >> I >> have checked in my BIOS and that appears to be correct and I can't figure >> out >> how to get it back to being drive "A". I know there is little use for >> them >> these days but I tried to create a floppy for Seatools to run a >> diagnostic on >> one of my Seagate drives and I am told that I don't have a floppy drive. >> I am >> sorry but I can't seem to figure out how to change this drive back to >> being >> drive "A".[/color] >[/color] |
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| Re: Vista changed my floppy drive to drive "B" Aha, thanks for the tip. It worked for me. "Dan" <nothome@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:eUtyTaWVHHA.4260@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue] >I had the same problem. To rectify it I simply went to the Device Manager >and uninstalled both the Floppy disk drive and the Floppy drive controller. >Once you have done that just scan for hardware changes. > Your floppy should now be A drive. > > -- > "George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:A514658C-070E-4C95-92D6-7AA7F7FEA0BD@microsoft.com...[color=green] >>i have been using Vista Ultimate for quite some time it seems now and >> suddenly last week I noticed that my floppy drive is now named drive "B". >> I >> have checked in my BIOS and that appears to be correct and I can't figure >> out >> how to get it back to being drive "A". I know there is little use for >> them >> these days but I tried to create a floppy for Seatools to run a >> diagnostic on >> one of my Seagate drives and I am told that I don't have a floppy drive. >> I am >> sorry but I can't seem to figure out how to change this drive back to >> being >> drive "A".[/color] >[/color] |
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| Vista changed my floppy drive to drive "B" | George | Vista Hardware | 0 | 04-12-2007 12:54 PM |
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| Vista changed my floppy drive to drive "B" | George | Vista Hardware | 0 | 04-12-2007 12:53 PM |
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