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On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 20:47:01 -0400, "Richard G. Harper"
wrote:

Have you tried a new drive? Yours may have failed.


Or even simpler, a cleaning disk? I'd try that first.

1. Dirty drive head.
Fix: Use a head cleaning disk.

2. Loose cable between drive and motherboard.
Fix: Re-seat the cable plugs firmly in sockets.

3. Bad Drive.
Fix: Replace drive.

4. Faulty cable
Fix: Replace cable.

5. Bad Drive controller.
Fix: Since drive controller is usually
built in, replace the motherboard.
Alternately, disable onboard controller
in BIOS and use a controller card.

You forgot 6

6. 3 1/2 inch 1.44 meg drive is defined as 5 1/4 inch
1.2meg drive ( or some other wrong type)
Fix: reset disk type in BIOS

Good luck
BarryG