RE: 600x and FDD

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From: James H. E. Maugham (CaptJHEM_at_waterw.com)
Date: Thu Jul 13 2000 - 14:52:35 EDT

WHOOPS!!!

Got the drive letters reversed! A: is reserved for the EXTERNAL drive and vice
versa!

Sorry folks, brain fart!

You can also check the IBM website for this at
http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-4LRM3F.html and you'll see:

"All ThinkPads with removable floppy drives prior to A20 and T20 systems will
have the internal bay floppy drive labeled "Drive B:\" and the floppy drive on
the external floppy drive connector as "Drive A:\". This applies to the systems
like the ThinkPad 600's, 770's, and 570's. The ThinkPad T20 system floppy drive
will be "Drive A:\" whether the floppy drive is inserted into the UltraBay 2000
bay or on the external floppy drive connector. This is designed to work in this
manner."

Regards,

James

> -----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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