How to tell if a floppy is in the drive

[Academia]

I don't suppose there is any way to tell if there is a floppy in a floppy
drive without activating the drive and causing it to make a noise if there
is no floppy in the drive.

Is there?


Thanks

[Martin CLAVREUIL]

Hi Academia,

There is no way to do it the way you ask because a floppy drive is an
old system and no event is fired in the system (and usb/cdrom drive does
it) at the moment of the insertion of the floppy. So the only way is to
test it.

Academia wrote :

I don't suppose there is any way to tell if there is a floppy in a floppy
drive without activating the drive and causing it to make a noise if there
is no floppy in the drive.

Is there?


Thanks

[olduncleamos]

On Sep 19, 8:14 pm, "Academia" <[e-mail]:

I don't suppose there is any way to tell if there is a floppy in a floppy
drive without activating the drive and causing it to make a noise if there
is no floppy in the drive.

Is there?

Thanks

What is a floppy?

[Academia]

You probably wouldn't understand. :)

"olduncleamos" <ol**********@yahoo.comwrote in message
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On Sep 19, 8:14 pm, "Academia" <[e-mail]:

>I don't suppose there is any way to tell if there is a floppy in a floppy
drive without activating the drive and causing it to make a noise if
there
is no floppy in the drive.

Is there?

Thanks

What is a floppy?

[Academia]

Thanks a lot

"Martin CLAVREUIL" <m.*@w.fwrote in message
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Hi Academia,

There is no way to do it the way you ask because a floppy drive is an old
system and no event is fired in the system (and usb/cdrom drive does it)
at the moment of the insertion of the floppy. So the only way is to test
it.

Academia wrote :

>I don't suppose there is any way to tell if there is a floppy in a floppy
drive without activating the drive and causing it to make a noise if
there is no floppy in the drive.

Is there?


Thanks