In message , Andrew
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On 31/10/2019 18:12, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , Andrew
writes
On 29/10/2019 17:16, Tim Lamb wrote:
As it is quiet in he-)
*Clearing the office in preparation for the house move, I came
across some floppies!
*The current desktop Win 7 32 bit PC has a suitable slot so I
plugged one* in. No response of any sort:-( The little green light
comes on occasionally so I am confident it has power.
*However, no reference found in program accessories and does not
display* under *devices*.
*Where do I start?

Just because power is connected to the drive doesn't mean that the
ribbon cable is. You may have upgraded in the past and simply
not bothered to plug the data cable in thinking 'why bother' ?
You mean I have to take off the cover?:-)
This PC is a refurbished educational* Stone so it is quite possible
the floppy was considered redundant.
We have a pending house move and it is quite possible *spaced Tim*
will be called in to help get me back on line. If so, he can run
through the bios? and possibly spot what is going on.


If it is ex-educational then there is a strong possibility that the
floppy drives had their data cable unplugged or even cut to stop
students trying to reboot with virus-laden floppies.

So I took off the cover:-)

The alternative was doing some rotavating in the rain!

No cut or disconnected cables associated with the floppy drive.

A push button on the front panel (unknown purpose as I don't have a
manual) *broken ring forming an arrow*, has been unplugged from the
mother board.

The floppy drive light comes on briefly on re-start. But nothing happens
on plugging in a diskette.

Other than my daughters university thesis, I don't think there is
anything vital going astray. I copied most stuff to DVD before junking
the last m/c.



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Tim Lamb