Windows NT Does Not Support More Than One Floppy Controller

 Last reviewed: May 14, 1997
Article ID: Q110456
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1

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.

Additional query words: prodnt
Keywords : kbhw nthw
Version : 3.1
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: May 14, 1997
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