Article ID: 303024 - Last Review: January 15, 2006 - Revision: 1.2

USB 3.5-inch Floppy Disk Drive Listed As 5.25-Inch in Safe Mode

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SYMPTOMS

If you have a Universal Serial Bus (USB) 3.5-inch floppy disk drive attached to your computer and you start your computer into Safe mode, the USB floppy disk drive may be identified as a 5.25-inch drive.

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CAUSE

This behavior occurs because, in Safe mode, floppy disk drive A is always labeled as a 3.5-inch drive and floppy disk drive B is always labeled as a 5.25-inch drive.

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