I have both A,1.44 3 1/2" and B,1.12 5 1/4" drives and I cannot read from either of them. Everything boots up ok and I can do anything with drive C I want but when I try to read either A or B my machine locks up and I need to hard boot. I've reset the settings in the BIOs without positive results. I've replaced the drives so that is not the problem. I've used a bootable disk in drive B and it reads it fine. I'm using win98 SE. :confused:

Take a look at this thread (http://www.pcguide.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22180&perpage=20&highlight=access%20floppy&pagenumber=1) , especially Paul Komski's link at the bottom of the first page, and the final comments on the second.