I have a windows 2000. Im trying to load a floppy disk. It keeps saying a:/ is not accesible. What should I DO

Question

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Answer 1

it sounds like the floppy may be corrupted. Try another floppy, just to make sure that the drive works.

Answer 2

If the Files on the Floppy Disk that you are using are not compatible ( created using other OSes like Solaris, Unix , Windows 95 etc) with Windows 2000, then it will indeed say a:\ is not accessible.

This can also happen if your " a:\ drive " has become defective or of the Floppy Disk that you are using is defective or corrupt. This can be understood by the fact that though the LED indicator on the Floppy Drive lights up, the Floppy can not be read. The Files on the Floppy Drive may have become corrupt as well.

Some of the answers you get here will indeed be smartA.S.S, if you do not like this then simply do not ask questions here. Remember that the people who answer questions here are providing you a service and you are the one in need of such answers.

Answer 3

If you know for sure that there is data on the floppy. Reboot and before you insert the floppy, open "My Computer", then insert the floppy and click on 3 1/2 floppy A and run. (See what happens this way).

I had Windows 2000 Server it was great for security, far less patches, but very difficult to find compatible software for this platform. So I switched to Windows XP Prof.

Can tell you that I had the same problem with floppy disk as you are having. Usually was only able to run from "My Computer".

Try this, as you have a new pc.

Good luck, hope it works for you.

Answer 4

Put a BLANK disk in the floppy drive.

Go to "Start", "Run", and type "command.com" in the little box that comes up. This will take you to a DOS prompt.

now type " format a:"

If you get an error message, there is a problem with your floppy drive. If you don't, there is either a real problem with the disk, or, more likely, the disk is in a non-recognized format. You will need to try it on another PC.

NOW:

If you did not get an error with the blank disk (above), that disk should now be formatted for your PC. You can copy what's on the disk you can't read into a folder on the other PC, then copy it back out of there onto the "blank" disk you formatted on your computer!

As easy as writing a critical essay on "Finnegan's Wake"!

Answer 5

OK, This usually happens when your diskette has been written in a windows 98 under another file structure system (for a reference FAT, FAT32, NTFS), anyway go to the start button and then to Run click on it, in text box of the appearing dialog box write "cmd" (without quotes) then press enter or click in the OK button or Run button of the dialog box, a black screen will appear..with a cursor blinking in that screen write the next withour the quotes "a:" and then press enter, this will give you access to you floppy then write the next line "copy yourfilename.doc c:" it has to look like
a:\copy yourfilename.doc c:
see that de dot doc (.doc) next to the file name is the extension of the file for the example I used .doc cause is the MS Word file extension and it's very common. Now the command you wrote copied the file to the root of your hard drive (c:\). You can create a folder in c:\ called dfloppy and then user "copy *.* c:\dfloppy\" instead the other command. If this doesn't work you can try open the disk in another pc with a lower version of windows and try to save the files in another disk or media (CD, email, etc) and if this does not work then
probably your floppy is broken, or your diskette is damaged (in this case is you may need to write chkdsk a: in the same black screen but this could cause your files lose some info). If the disk is damage you may not recover your files from that disk.

Answer 6

Does the light on the drive light up when you try to access the disk.. you might have an internal problem.. check inside..

- check that there is a cable connecting floppy drive to Power Supply.
- check that there is a cable connecting floppy to motherboard.

Answer 7

first thing that i would do is check to see if your pc is reconizing your floopy drive, click start/my computer/ see if the floopy drive is on that page, if it is on that page then you will need to check the following, click start/right click my computer/ properties/hardware/device manager, make sure your floopy drive is on that list and that it does not have a ! or an X, if you dont see your floopy on that list then it is bad, if it has one of the symbols then it is bad, usually those symbols mean you have a driver issue, but ive never seen a floopy with a driver

Answer 8

lol check the disk and check the drive one of them may not be working

Answer 9

insert floppy in fdd and right click on drive a and select format..


try formating.......

if you get abnormal sound kut..kut...kut from floppy, simply change the disk..........

Answer 10

Might want to try a:\

Note the different direction of the slash.