installing win2k / using pc-doctor / floppy issues!

[adam gorley]

okay, i posted a while ago about trouble installing win2k on my 600x (the installation freezes while 'detecting' whatever).

anyway, it was recommended that i get pc-doctor and check everything i can.. so i got pc-doctor and the disk (brand new floppy) won't boot.

now, i'm quite sure that this is a problem with the internal floppy drive (i.e. it's garbage) as i've had other floppy related issues.. so i'm just wondering what the ideal route is from here. do i get an external (USB?) floppy and forget the internal or replace the internal? or on ebay i've seen some external non-usb (i think) drives made for this series of ibms..

man it would be great if this machine would work!

thanks
adamg

[whizkid]

I've had my 600X since it was brand new. The floppy drive has never worked quite correctly in the internal bay. It works just fine in the external floppy-only bay.

You might try getting the external bay... or a new USB floppy.

[Bruce Guttman]

I have a 600E that refused to recognize the floppy, either in the Ultrabay or in the external port.

But it recognized an LS-120 drive as a floppy with no problem (only works in the Ultrabay).