Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit - Floppy drive driver issue

No, it's not rare at all. I really think that MS doesn't care enough about
it
to fix it, though. The percentage of users still using floppies (I'm one)
is shrinking every day and it's just not worth it to MS to spend time and
resources on it. Most new PCs today don't even have a floppy interface nor
support for more than one floppy in BIOS.

Thanks for your response. You are correct that some new computers may have
done away with the floppy, but all computers are not new.

Also, I have not seen a motherboard that does not have a floppy port, and I
build several computers a year. Recently I have purchased a Gigabyte
P55M-UD2 and an MSI P55-GD65 and a Gigabyte MA790XT-UD4P and a Biostar
A785GE, and they all have a floppy controller. Of course, that does not
prove anything, really, but two of those are new designs, to support the new
Intel 1156 pin processors.

So, while vendors like Dell may have eliminated the floppy from their cases,
and maybe have even removed the controller chip from their motherboards, I
think it is not dead, and won't be until all the old computers and XP are
buried in a landfill.

I just resigned myself to using an external floppy drive. That works on the
machines I have or service, so far.

[azizhazari]

hey,,i had install window 7home premium on my pc and i am getting the problem of driver due to non capability i think , i had install latest driver for board dg31pr....any antivirus i instsll it block...so plz help me out to fix this......thanks!!

You need to go to the Intel website and download the Windows 7 64-bit
drivers and software for your motherboard. Also, update your BIOS to
the latest version.

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Sear...p+Board+DG31PR

If you still have problems after doing that then you need to contact
Intel Tech Support for assistance. You do not have a Windows 7 problem.
You have to ensure you have all the correct updates for your motherboard.

In particular you need the Chipset: Intel® Chipset Device Software for
Intel® Desktop Boards.

The Intel® Chipset Device Software installs the Windows* INF files. The
INF files inform the operating system how to properly configure the
chipset for specific functionality, such as USB and core PCI.

http://www.intel.com/products/deskto...r-overview.htm

[azizhazari]

thnks for the reply bobby i had run window 7 on 32 bit ,,if i install the latest version of bios then it dosent harm to my board & if in future i want to install any other os then it does not create any problem to that.......