I need my A: Drive but the computer is not picking it up, any ideas how I sort this?

Cheers

Yes but first you need to get some tools, here is a list:


1 crowbar
1 hammer
a box of nails
a saw
and finally a vacuum cleaner


now use your crowbar to open the cabinet and locate your floppy drive, when found use the saw to extract the unit cutting any cables attaching it to you motherboard and power supply, when extracted, close the cabinet again using your nails and hammer and clean up with the vacuum.

then go buy and USB Memory stick.

Lol, I already have a USB key but I am trying to do an install and the computer is insisting on the floppy.

what are you installing, dos?

if you really need to boot to dos mode

get all the old dos boot file (google 98 boot disk)
get HP's USB tool
Format the usb key with HP tool making it bootable(why you need the bootfiles)

note: sub 1GB sticks are best

oh if you drive is not show in windows, your drive is proberly

- dead
- disabled in bios
- cables are attach wrong or not attached at all

I'm doing a clean install of Xp 64 Bit, your right maybe its not connected havent used it for years. Will check

i find it mildly amusing that you need floppies for XP 64Bit, is it for scsi drivers or something similar?

Hit the nail on the head, but it's a Sata driver

if you lucky you can put the drivers on your stick and windows install might find then on boot, you can also try slipstreamming with something like http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html

Cheers will gove it a go :)

I usually find if my Floppy Drive isn't working is down to connecting the cable up the wrong way round. Either that or the cable is disattached. (It can happen while messing around with the RAM or hard-drive Cables)