Karen, The floppy drive's "disk change" sensor is not working. When you change disks, the drive is supposed to tell DOS, "I have a new disk for you."
You can force DOS to see the next disk by pressing Ctrl+C, but this is pretty useless if you're trying to install software that ships on more than one disk. This is usually caused by either a) the LED that provides the beam of light that the disk breaks for change detection is dead, b) the sensor that this LED shines on is dead, c) there is some dirt/dust blocking the LED and/or sensor. Blow any dust out of the drive. Try again. If clearing the crud from the drive doesn't fix it, then my guess is that one of those two little components is dead. Time to replace the drive. Anyone else have more wisdom on this? Regards, Garry Hamilton * [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen D. Lewellen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 10:10 PM Subject: Re: [SURVPC] [DOS-DISCUSS] disk drive question > hi all, > I do not think sir tom is on this list, but given the wisdom here, wanted to > share his question with those who can lend a hand. > Karen > > On 2003-01-26 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > >I'm using DOS6.22 and am having an odd problem or at least one I've > >never come across. My 5.25 drive (a:) reads disks fine. However, > >once it has read one disk, any subsequent disk I put in the drive > >is read as the first one so I'm assuming its reading from memory. > >If I try to access the drive first with no disk in it it then tells > >me that any other disks I try and read are bad disks (general > >failure). If I reboot the system I can then read another disk. > >Any suggestions? This is an old 386 machine. > >Tom > >Tom Brennan, CCC-A/SLP, RHD > >web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html > >To unsubscribe from DOS-DISCUSS send a message to LISTSERV@SOFTCON. > >COM with unsubscribe DOS-DISCUSS in the body of the message. > >Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. > >More info can be found at; > >http://www.softcon.com/archives/DOS-DISCUSS.html > > Net-Tamer V 1.12.0 - Test Drive > > To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. > Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. > More info can be found at; > http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html > To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
