Windows NT Does Not Support More Than One Floppy Controller
Article ID: 110456
Article Last Modified on 4/12/2004
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
This article was previously published under Q110456
SUMMARY
Microsoft Windows NT does not support more than one floppy controller in a
system.
Although the floppy driver, FLOPPY.SYS, in Windows NT and Windows NT
Advanced Server was written to support more that one floppy controller,
NTDETECT only checks the BIOS to determine how many floppy drives are
present. The BIOS in most IBM and IBM-compatible computers doesn't support
more than one controller with two floppy drives connected; therefore,
NTDETECT will not see a second controller.
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