I tried all the advice given on floppy disk drives but could not operate. I connected external disk drive to pc etc. Isleofcantie [Moved from Mobile Devices]. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.
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Thread starter SurvivalGirl Start date Sep 25, Status This thread has been Locked and is not open to further replies. The original thread starter may use the Report button to request it be reopened but anyone else with a similar issue should start a New Thread. Watch our Welcome Guide to learn how to use this site. SurvivalGirl Thread Starter. Joined Sep 25, Messages 3. I bought a new computer and tried to add a floppy disk drive from my old computer because I have alot of old documents stored on old media.
But, I'm having the following problem. With Windows Vista Home Premium. Please Help. When I insert a disk, it tells me "You need to format disk in drive A: before you can use it. Then it asks "Do you want to format it? Insert a different disk and try again. I've made sure that the disks are not read only and I've tried two different wire sets from the disk drive to the mother board and as I said earlier 3 seperate floppy disk drives. I purchased 2 refurbished drives from a reputable local store and the first was from my old Presario, so I don't think that all 3 could be defective.
Can anyone help? Joined Aug 15, Messages 6, Might make sure you are using the right cable and it is connected in the right direction.
The end that connects to the drive sould have a twisted wires in the middle. I have verified that I have the right cables, they do have the twisted wires on wires They are correctly connected and seated properly. As I said earlier I have tried 2 seperate cables, 3 floppy drives, and have even tried hooking them up after unplugging and rotating the cable plug degrees and plugged it in that way which, when I did this, wouldn't even recognize that I had inserted a disk when I plugged in that way.
Copy just the bootmgr and BCD files from the root of Vista onto the floppy. Note however that you cannot copy the BCD file while you are booted into Vista because you will be told it is in use.
Or create a folder somewhere else and send it to that - for eg. If you look at all the files Vista places in the root of a previous OS when it sets up dualboot you will see a lot more than just bootmgr and BCD. The Fonts folder and the contents of the en-US folder for English are I believe used to display bootup error messages.
They won't fit on the floppy. If you also copy ntdetect. It will still be the ntldr on the System Partition of the hard drive that will be used to boot the legacy operating systems.
If you want ntldr on the floppy then you will have to edit the BCD on the floppy so that bootmgr will use it. If your hard drives have moved position since you made the floppy then it won't make any difference to the floppy's ability to find and start any Vista OS that it could start before. Bootmgr and BCD operate in a different way to ntldr and boot. As long as the Vista partition has not moved its starting position on its hard drive then the boot floppy will still find and start the correct Vista install.
If you have multiple hard drives the rdisk. Format a flash stick in the manner described in the section for making a WinRE USB stick , then copy the same files to the stick as detailed above for the boot floppy. If you add the ability to the stick to boot legacy NT then you have to add 1 to the rdisk. Links Feedback Windows Seven. See the new Win-7 page for current updates.
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