I bought a usb fdd because I need it to revive an Acer laptop that died on me after a firmware update.
The usb fdd is recognized on several PC's and laptops (all on WXP) but when I enter a floppy it identifies it as an unformatted floppy even after I formatted several HD floppies in an internal fdd of a PC.
When I try to format the floppy in the USB drive I get a message after a few seconds that the formatting could not be completed.
Could this be caused by a misalignment of the head or is there another cause ?
Can this be repaired or should I trash the device ? (Shipping it back to the seller cost me more than what I payed for it)
Thanks for any help
The usb fdd is recognized on several PC's and laptops (all on WXP) but when I enter a floppy it identifies it as an unformatted floppy even after I formatted several HD floppies in an internal fdd of a PC.
When I try to format the floppy in the USB drive I get a message after a few seconds that the formatting could not be completed.
Could this be caused by a misalignment of the head or is there another cause ?
Can this be repaired or should I trash the device ? (Shipping it back to the seller cost me more than what I payed for it)
Thanks for any help