Floppy-Disk-Drive ...

Hi Mr. Hoke, I saw your posting on the web about installing an old 5 1/4'' Floppy on a new PC. I got the same floppy ( TEAC FD-55GFR ) and would like to know whether you succeeded in the end, and how you jumpered your drive. I get an E/A-Error message from WindowsXP whenever I try to click on the drive in the Explorer ... but XP at least recognizes it as 5 1/4''-floppy. Regards. Alexey. Hi - I am trying to install a Teac FD-55GFR 5 1/4" drive into a Pentium 200 mhz computer. Upon trying to read the drive I get a "General Failure Trying To Read Drive A" error message. I have the drive connected to the end of the ribbon cable, and the drive is designated as drive A. Also, I noticed that there are some switches (I forgot what they are called - upright posts where you couple a pair together using a U-shaped something or another) on the bottom of the drive. How should these switches be set? Also, could my problem be that I am not using a correct BIOS? Thanks for all of your help.