M....as a workround right-click the window background (or pull down the
view menu) and choose refresh after changing a floppy.
Alan
M Thompson wrote:
>
> WARNING - This is way OT from Linux Mandrake. I don't know where else to
> turn for help.
>
> Recently I installed a Promise Ultra66 IDE controller and also a Quantum
> Fireball Plus KA 18.1 GB hard drive (connected to the Promise Ultra66). A
> couple weeks later, I installed an HP CD Writer Plus 9100i. After
> installing this hardware, my Windows NT Explorer no longer refreshes the
> diskette between disk changes. I have the same problems under Win95 Windows
> Explorer. I do not have this problem under the Linux Mandrake OS.
>
> Background Info:
> IDE0 (master) = SONY CD-ROM
> IDE0 (slave) = <not used>
> IDE1 (master) = HP CD Writer Plus 9100i
> IDE1 (slave) = <not used>
> IDE2 (master) = Quantum Fireball Plus KA 18.1 GB hard drive
> IDE2 (slave) = <not used>
> IDE3 (master) = WD Caviar 1.6 GB hard drive
> IDE3 (slave) = <not used>
>
> Example:
> Diskette1 contains 1 file called "file1"
> Diskette2 contains 1 file called "file2"
> If I put diskette1 in the drive and view the contents of the diskette thru
> Windows NT Explorer it shows "file1" and I can then copy that file to the
> hard drives or HP 9100i. If I eject diskette1 and insert diskette2, the
> Windows NT Explorer still shows "file1". I hit F5 to refresh the Windows NT
> Explorer, but the view does not change and show the "actual" contents of
> diskette2. With diskette2 in the drive, I am mysteriously able to copy
> "file1" from the diskette to the hard drives or HP 9100i. I can take the
> diskettes out of the diskette drive and still mysteriously copy a file from
> diskette1 to either the hard drives or HP 9100i.
>
> Please help.
>
> Thanks all,
> Matt
>
> BTW - My wife likes the Microsoft operating systems, so I cannot nuke them.
> Those who have a significant other can probably relate.
>
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