Article ID: 266821
Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
This article was previously published under Q266821
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SYMPTOMS
On a Sony VAIO PCG-N505 series laptop computer, when you disconnect and then reconnect a removable floppy disk drive, and then restart the computer, the floppy disk drive (drive A) may not work and drive E may represent an external Plug and Play device instead of the CD-ROM drive.
CAUSE
This behavior can occur on clean installations that use the driver provided by Windows Millennium Edition (Me), which is not compatible with the Sony hardware requirements.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this behavior, visit the Sony Corporation support Web site to download updates for Windows Millennium Edition.
For information about how to contact Sony Corporation, click the appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
STATUS
The third-party products that are discussed in this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.
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