Vista - How many floppy disk drives do you have?

On my Dell XPS Gen 2 desktop, Device Manager shows two floppy drives under
"Floppy Disk Drives." Only problem? PC only has one floppy drive. I bugged
it, but I'm wondering how many even use their floppy drives these days and,
without looking, might never know that Vista thought they had two when they
only had one... This bug has existed since, hmmmm..., well, whatever, it's
been in every build since I started testing Vista.

Lang

Next boot, check your BIOS, if 2 floppy controllers are enabled, it will
probably show 2 devices in Vista.


"Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On my Dell XPS Gen 2 desktop, Device Manager shows two floppy drives under
> "Floppy Disk Drives." Only problem? PC only has one floppy drive. I bugged
> it, but I'm wondering how many even use their floppy drives these days
> and, without looking, might never know that Vista thought they had two
> when they only had one... This bug has existed since, hmmmm..., well,
> whatever, it's been in every build since I started testing Vista.
>
> Lang

On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 02:09:44 -0400, "Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>On my Dell XPS Gen 2 desktop, Device Manager shows two floppy drives under
>"Floppy Disk Drives." Only problem? PC only has one floppy drive. I bugged
>it, but I'm wondering how many even use their floppy drives these days and,
>without looking, might never know that Vista thought they had two when they
>only had one... This bug has existed since, hmmmm..., well, whatever, it's
>been in every build since I started testing Vista.
>
>Lang

I have one floppy drive and Windows Vista only shows one. If you are talking
about in the device manager there is a floppy drive listed and a floppy drive
controller.



--
I know what you're thinking: "Did he fire six shots, or only five?"
Well, to tell you the truth in all this excitement, I've kinda lost
track myself. But, being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful
handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got
to ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya punk?

Likely it is that your BIOS is misconfigured to show both floppies.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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"Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:39AF07E2-30A5-42CA-B02C-30597CC4F8C2@microsoft.com...
> On my Dell XPS Gen 2 desktop, Device Manager shows two floppy drives under
> "Floppy Disk Drives." Only problem? PC only has one floppy drive. I bugged
> it, but I'm wondering how many even use their floppy drives these days
> and, without looking, might never know that Vista thought they had two
> when they only had one... This bug has existed since, hmmmm..., well,
> whatever, it's been in every build since I started testing Vista.
>
> Lang

On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 06:43:54 -0400, "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org>
wrote:

>Likely it is that your BIOS is misconfigured to show both floppies.
Back in W95c days, I removed the second floppy in my system to make
room for a Zip drive. W95c continued to report that second floppy.

I think I got it to go away, by removing it from the device manager.

"Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:39AF07E2-30A5-42CA-B02C-30597CC4F8C2@microsoft.com...
> On my Dell XPS Gen 2 desktop, Device Manager shows two floppy drives under
> "Floppy Disk Drives." Only problem? PC only has one floppy drive. I bugged
> it, but I'm wondering how many even use their floppy drives these days
> and, without looking, might never know that Vista thought they had two
> when they only had one... This bug has existed since, hmmmm..., well,
> whatever, it's been in every build since I started testing Vista.
>
> Lang

I have ZERO floppy drives and Vista tells me I have ZERO floppy drives

Not the Device Manager, the BIOS.

As for who uses floppies these days, that is what is often required for
doing BIOS updates on some boards and I use my A: drive regularly for
installing legacy Windows in virtual machines using VPC. XP users should
take advantage of the Password floppy to ensure not getting locked out of
the System password, and so on. The A: drive is still very useful for me
and I would not have a desktop machine without one.

"Keith" <keith@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 02:09:44 -0400, "Lang Murphy"
> <lang_murphy@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>On my Dell XPS Gen 2 desktop, Device Manager shows two floppy drives under
>>"Floppy Disk Drives." Only problem? PC only has one floppy drive. I bugged
>>it, but I'm wondering how many even use their floppy drives these days
>>and,
>>without looking, might never know that Vista thought they had two when
>>they
>>only had one... This bug has existed since, hmmmm..., well, whatever, it's
>>been in every build since I started testing Vista.
>>
>>Lang
>
> I have one floppy drive and Windows Vista only shows one. If you are
> talking
> about in the device manager there is a floppy drive listed and a floppy
> drive
> controller.
>
>
>
> --
> I know what you're thinking: "Did he fire six shots, or only five?"
> Well, to tell you the truth in all this excitement, I've kinda lost
> track myself. But, being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful
> handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got
> to ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya punk?

Don't see any floppy controllers in my BIOS. BIOS reports a single A: drive.

Lang

"Zapper" <losergroups@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Next boot, check your BIOS, if 2 floppy controllers are enabled, it will
> probably show 2 devices in Vista.
>
>
> "Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:39AF07E2-30A5-42CA-B02C-30597CC4F8C2@microsoft.com...
>> On my Dell XPS Gen 2 desktop, Device Manager shows two floppy drives
>> under "Floppy Disk Drives." Only problem? PC only has one floppy drive. I
>> bugged it, but I'm wondering how many even use their floppy drives these
>> days and, without looking, might never know that Vista thought they had
>> two when they only had one... This bug has existed since, hmmmm..., well,
>> whatever, it's been in every build since I started testing Vista.
>>
>> Lang
>

In DM, under the heading "Floppy Disk Drives" there are two entries for
Floppy Disk Drive. No evidence in the BIOS that the BIOS thinks there are
two drives.

Lang

"Keith" <keith@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 02:09:44 -0400, "Lang Murphy"
> <lang_murphy@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>On my Dell XPS Gen 2 desktop, Device Manager shows two floppy drives under
>>"Floppy Disk Drives." Only problem? PC only has one floppy drive. I bugged
>>it, but I'm wondering how many even use their floppy drives these days
>>and,
>>without looking, might never know that Vista thought they had two when
>>they
>>only had one... This bug has existed since, hmmmm..., well, whatever, it's
>>been in every build since I started testing Vista.
>>
>>Lang
>
> I have one floppy drive and Windows Vista only shows one. If you are
> talking
> about in the device manager there is a floppy drive listed and a floppy
> drive
> controller.
>
>
>
> --
> I know what you're thinking: "Did he fire six shots, or only five?"
> Well, to tell you the truth in all this excitement, I've kinda lost
> track myself. But, being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful
> handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got
> to ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya punk?

I tend to agree with you; I don't have a floppy drive in my Dell XPS 400 and
there have been a couple of times where I wished I had one. Not the end of
the world, if I need something that I only currently have on floppy, and
there are not many examples of that scenario these days, I'll copy it to a
thumb drive and proceed from there, but still, it is more convenient to have
a floppy drive than to not have one, IMHO.

Lang

"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
news:OTUKekM4GHA.1288@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Not the Device Manager, the BIOS.
>
> As for who uses floppies these days, that is what is often required for
> doing BIOS updates on some boards and I use my A: drive regularly for
> installing legacy Windows in virtual machines using VPC. XP users should
> take advantage of the Password floppy to ensure not getting locked out of
> the System password, and so on. The A: drive is still very useful for me
> and I would not have a desktop machine without one.
>
> "Keith" <keith@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:d4veh2hidnrkqa865qo14en0csbfvqbp4t@4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 02:09:44 -0400, "Lang Murphy"
>> <lang_murphy@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On my Dell XPS Gen 2 desktop, Device Manager shows two floppy drives
>>>under
>>>"Floppy Disk Drives." Only problem? PC only has one floppy drive. I
>>>bugged
>>>it, but I'm wondering how many even use their floppy drives these days
>>>and,
>>>without looking, might never know that Vista thought they had two when
>>>they
>>>only had one... This bug has existed since, hmmmm..., well, whatever,
>>>it's
>>>been in every build since I started testing Vista.
>>>
>>>Lang
>>
>> I have one floppy drive and Windows Vista only shows one. If you are
>> talking
>> about in the device manager there is a floppy drive listed and a floppy
>> drive
>> controller.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> I know what you're thinking: "Did he fire six shots, or only five?"
>> Well, to tell you the truth in all this excitement, I've kinda lost
>> track myself. But, being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful
>> handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got
>> to ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya punk?
>
>