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mystic drives after running pc for a while

Discussion in 'Storage and Networking' started by ungua, Dec 19, 2003.

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  1. ungua Newcomer, in training

    see attachment: i don't have a floppy drive at all, bios and ms w98b DO KNOW that. when i use the machine for a while, two new drives appear.

    regards
    ungua

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    ungua, Dec 19, 2003
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  2. Nodsu Newcomer, in training

    The drive icons look weird.. Perhaps they are created by some application. What do the drive properties say? Do you see the drives in Device Manager?
    Nodsu, Dec 21, 2003
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  3. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    Just a bug, if you refresh the view when 'ungua' is selected, W-drives disappear.

    5.25" floppy drive is another thing, if you've disabled fdd controller or removed drives from BIOS, that's what you get. Thank Microsoft for their awesome programming logic.

    There are some registry tweakers that can hide drives too.
    Mictlantecuhtli, Dec 22, 2003
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  4. ungua Newcomer, in training

    @mic..., refreshing doesn't work, unfortunately. device manager doesn't show anything. after all, it's not a problem. just... stupid... ;)

    merry x-mas & so on...
    ungua
    ungua, Dec 22, 2003
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  5. Krugger Newcomer, in training

    i recall having that exact problem, i believe while running windows ME. unfortunately i can't remember if i did anything to fix it... sorry. i will try to remember back that far.
    Krugger, Dec 23, 2003
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  6. ungua Newcomer, in training

    is it strange to run an os as old as this!? :D

    best regards
    ungua
    ungua, Dec 23, 2003
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  7. Krugger Newcomer, in training

    actually a lot of people still love 98 SE. me i went to ME for a bit, but hated it, luckily XP came along.
    Krugger, Dec 23, 2003
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  8. Nic TechSpot Paladin

    Why not right-click and view the drive properties. Maybe something interesting (i.e. a clue) will be found.
    Nic, Dec 23, 2003
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  9. vassil3427 Newcomer, in training

    Yeah like Mic said, go into your BIOS and make sure you have Drive A :Not Installed...also make sure you disabled the FDD controller....
    vassil3427, Dec 23, 2003
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  10. ungua Newcomer, in training

    here are the properties. everything else is like it should be, too.
    i also like w98, although it's filled to the top with bugs i get the impression that i still can do something with it. i was administrating the network in school when i was still pupil for two years ago - xp wasn't fine, didn't like it. same for all the other os... just ms-dos is still my favourite because it's not supposed to do some bull you didn't ask for... :D

    regards
    ungua

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    ungua, Dec 24, 2003
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  11. ungua Newcomer, in training

    funnily, now the extra drives disappear after hitting f5, but coming back within seconds... :rolleyes:

    merry x-mas
    ungua
    ungua, Dec 25, 2003
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