How old is the machine? I had a situation just like that and it turned out that it was the hardware (MB). The one thing different in my case is that it did show up I just could not do anything with it or it would lockup the machine for a long time and then give me the nice BSOD. Can you get to the floppy by doing a start run a:\ or something similar?
Thanks,
Blake Fowkes
Waid and Associates
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From: Marty Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 1:30 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Floppy doesn't show up in fresh install
Yup. I can boot to the floppy, run fdisk, format drives, etc. It's just
when the installation finishes, it doesn't show up in my computer.
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Transdyn Controls, Inc
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Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 10:51 AM
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Subject: Re: Floppy doesn't show up in fresh install
Does the BIOS recognize the floppy drive when you power up?
Marty Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 08/22/2001 01:57:19 PM
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Subject: Floppy doesn't show up in fresh install
Ok, here's the problem...I just built a box, and installed NT server.
Great, however, when I go to My Computer, the floppy does not show up. It
lists all of my other drives, except A:. I've reinstalled server, even
installed workstation, but to no avail. I can boot to the floppy drive,
poke around, and all works well. There's nothing in the event log, and I
even tried a different floppy drive. I'd appreciate any suggestions you
might have
Thanks,
Marty
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