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Extremely SLOW Floppy Drive

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by AceH, 2005/05/14.

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  1. 2005/05/14
    AceH

    AceH Inactive Thread Starter

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    My floppy drive is extremely slow. It takes "forever" reading a floppy disk. I've tried several different NEW floppies and it's definitely the drive itself. Any ideas?
     
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  2. 2005/05/14
    surferdude2

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    That will be a hardware problem most of the time and given the low price of floppy drives, just get on down to the floppy drive store and get a replacement. Normally the symptoms include a grinding noise louder than usual although not always.
     
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  4. 2005/05/15
    mattman

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    Just in case...try removing/uninstalling the Floppy Drive Controller in Device Manager. It will automatically reinstall on reboot.
     
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