On 28 Sep 2002, at 11:47, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
Can anyone else reproduce this problem I'm having with QPC2 v3.03?
(description)
Hmmm, I do this sort of thing all of the time (word 2000), and never
noticed any problems with floppy disks.
I just did it again, still no problem. It is a dos
Can anyone else reproduce this problem I'm having with QPC2 v3.03?
This sounds like the Win98 floppy disk bug I experienced. It affects Win98,
but not 95, NT, 2000 or XP. It looks like Win98 has some problems in
recognizing the density of a floppy disk that's not in PC format.
It
Can anyone else reproduce this problem I'm having with QPC2 v3.03?
Start QPC2. Check that floppy disk access works with DIR FLP1_
Go to Windows 95 or 98 (I was using Win95 until start of this week
until it did a PC an I was forced to reinstall but this time used
WIn98SE). Start a M$ program
Dilwyn Jones wrote:
ALT TAB back to QPC2. On my system floppy disk access will have
stopped working. If you DIR FLP1_ with a disk in the drive, it will
take a long time to realise it can no longer read the disk. But if you
DIR FLP1_ with no disk in the drive it realises straight away and
At 08:36 ðì 28/9/2002, you wrote:
Dilwyn,
look at your startup folder in the Start MenuPrograms and remove the
shortcut named Microsoft Office (points to the file: C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OSA9.EXE -b -l) This is the Office Indexer
that reads constantly the drives and
It certainly is. Floppy disc access is in fact the only part of QPC
that needs completely independent code for 9x/ME and NT/2000/XP. The
reason being that while NT/2000/XP incorporate a proper floppy
driver
9x/ME only uses a wrapper for the BIOS calls. The only advantage
is
that QPC1 and
Is this with a QDOS or PC format floppy, or does it also happen if
the drive
is empty?
Not if the drive is empty. QDOS format floppy.
One problem I know with the MS Office suite is that on loading it
seems to
check all files that are in the recently accessed list. Therefore
if you
have
Can anyone else reproduce this problem I'm having with QPC2 v3.03?
This sounds like the Win98 floppy disk bug I experienced. It affects Win98,
but not 95, NT, 2000 or XP. It looks like Win98 has some problems in
recognizing the density of a floppy disk that's not in PC format.
Daniele
