RE: 600x and FDD

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From: Greg Langham (greg_at_psnet.net)
Date: Thu Jul 13 2000 - 12:44:50 EDT

James,

You are right; I had the letters reversed. It's actually a neat feature if
you ask me.

Greg

-----Original Message-----
From: James H. E. Maugham [mailto:CaptJHEM_at_waterw.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 12:05 PM
To: Greg Langham; 'Will Lau'; THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu
Subject: RE: 600x and FDD

Thinkpads reserve the A: drive for the _internal_ floppy drive solely. If
you
attach your floppy with any of the external options, it will be assigned the
B:
drive designation _regardless_ of whether or not the internal floppy is
installed.

Regards,

James

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Langham [mailto:greg_at_psnet.net]
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 8:23 AM
To: 'Will Lau'; THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu
Subject: RE: 600x and FDD

I believe this is a feature of Windows 2000.
By giving the external floppy connector a drive letter, you can hot plug it
and
it immediately is available. So, in essence, Windows 2000 always believes
the
external floppy is connected.
So when you put the floppy in the ultraslimbay, to Win 2000 thinks its the
second floppy, so it gives it B:.
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: Will Lau [mailto:contact_at_snappersolutions.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 5:36 AM
To: THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu
Subject: 600x and FDD

I've just noticed recently my system shows up 2 floppy drives
A:
B:
Up to recently only A: was available.
Is it because:
[1] A: is the external and B: is when I slot it in the slimbay?
[2] I foolishly pulled out the slimbay cartridge and later slotted in the
FDD into the slimbay without disabling the bay first?
[3] something funny happening in Win2000
-Will

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