my floppy drive was working and all i did was uninstall word 2003 and now the floppy drive does not detect my disks nor does it format them the operating system is windows xp pro. when i look in my computer it shows that it is there and when i look at device manager it says it is working. why does it not detect i have a floppy disk in it and why does it say it is working when it does not work i can not save anything on a floppy now that it does not work can some one tell me what to do to check to make sure that it truly is working i have tried several floppy disks and still nothing even brand new floppy disks
Try this: Go to Start > Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt. Now enter the following commands. Press ENTER at every line: Code: A: dir Do you see any error messages when doing that? Something that you could try as well: Go to Start > Run Enter the following command, and click on OK: Code: regsvr32 shell32.dll
