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| DOS学习入门 & 精彩文章 （教学室） » Why can't I use the floppy drive under DOS? |
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| Floor1 tikan | Posted 2003-07-02 00:00 |
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My laptop crashed a couple of days ago, and I want to reinstall the system. But after booting with the system boot disk that came with the computer and entering DOS, I found that it couldn't read floppies anymore, and FORMAT on a floppy doesn't work either. But it can read the system boot disk that came with the machine! What kind of weird problem is this! Please give me some advice, experts!
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| Floor2 ko20010214 | Posted 2003-07-02 00:00 |
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Using the system boot disk that came with the computer ---> is that a floppy?
It can read the system boot disk that came with the machine ---> is that also a floppy? |
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| Floor3 tikan | Posted 2003-07-02 00:00 |
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They're both floppies. And the floppy drive is the original one that came with it.
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| Floor4 nre | Posted 2003-07-02 00:00 |
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Can it be used under WIN? Is the icon normal too? Is it only that the floppy drive can't be used in DOS?
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| Floor5 tikan | Posted 2003-07-03 00:00 |
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The floppy drive works under win, and the icon is normal too. It's only under DOS that it can't be used!
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| Floor6 ko20010214 | Posted 2003-07-04 00:00 |
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faint~~
If the system boot disk (floppy) that came with the computer can boot ---> then that proves one thing: your floppy drive works. And if it can read the system boot disk that came with the machine ---> then that proves another thing: your floppy drive can read MS-DOS-formatted floppies. After entering DOS, you found it can't read floppies, and FORMAT on a floppy doesn't work either. ---> then we can infer: the floppy you're trying to read is bad?? No, that's not right, the floppy is good??? ---> then there's only one result: your floppy format is wrong. It's not an MS-DOS-formatted floppy. It could be an i-macs one, or a unix one, or a floppy recognized by some other operating system. But it's not an MS-DOS-formatted floppy! |
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| Floor7 tikan | Posted 2003-07-04 00:00 |
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Thanks. No matter what, you've given me a method to try. I'll first try it your way.
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