Win2000 3-mode Floppy Disk Driver user's guide
1. File layout
This driver is run under Windows 2000 Professional(Japanese version).
The driver files are placed in the directory: \jwin2000 which includes
the following two subdirectories:
\floppy - contains clevoflpy.inf and clevoflpy.sys to update the driver
of "Floppy disk drive"
\controller - contains clevofdc.inf and clevofdc.sys to update the driver
of "Floppy disk controller"
Besides, this file(install3mode.txt) is also located in the directory
\jwin2000.
2. How to install the drivers ?
The Windows should be installed before beginning to install this driver.
The user will follow the following steps to install this driver:
a) Enter the control panel and click the "System" icon and then choose the
function of "Hardware" and click "Device Manager" button in sequence.
You will see a tree structure of the hardware listing for your computer.
Now, check the content of "Floppy disk drives" and "Floppy disk
controllers", they will be "Floppy disk drive" and "Standard floppy disk
controller" , or maybe with other driver names if you have already
installed the other drivers.
b) At first, you click the function of "Driver" in "Floppy disk controller
Properties". After entering the sub-window , click "Update Driver(P)"
button, you will enter "the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard", and click
"Next(N)".
c) Do the following steps in the "Upgrade Device Driver Wizard":
c-1) In "Install Hardware Device Drivers" dialog box, answer the
question: "What do you want the wizard to do" by clicking the
second radio box item, "Display a list of the known drivers for
the device so that I can choose a specific driver(D)", then click
"Next" and go to step (c-2).
c-2) In "Choose Device Driver" dialog box, current available types are
shown in the "Model(D)" list box. If there is the item, "CLEVO 3-mode
floppy disk controller", then choose it and then click "Next(N)"
button and go to step (c-4), otherwise, click "Have Disk(H)" button
and go to step(c-3).
c-3) Enter the directory where your driver files are placed in the edit
box "Copy manufacturer's files from", by key in directly or by
clicking "Browse" button to choose the file location to be
\jwin2000\controller to choose clevofdc.inf, and click "OK".
Then click the "OK" button and it will return to the case in step
(c-2).
c-4) After a moment, the wizard will copy the driver file clevofdc.sys to
appropriate Windows system directory until a message, "Windows had
finished installing the software for the device", is displayed in
"Completing the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard" dialog box, then
clicking "Finish" button.
When this updating process is over. You will see the properties of the
floppy disk drive has been changed to "CLEVO 3-mode floppy disk
controller". Do not reboot computer at this time.
d) Afterwards, you click the function of "Driver" in "Floppy disk drive
Properties", After entering the sub-window, click "Update Driver(P)"
button, you will enter "the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard", and click
"Next(N)".
e) Do the following steps in the "Upgrade Device Driver Wizard":
e-1) In "Install Hardware Device Drivers" dialog box, answer the
question: "What do you want the wizard to do" by clicking the
second radio box item,"Display a list of the known drivers for
the device so that I can choose a specific driver(D)", then click
"Next" and go to step (e-2).
e-2) In "Choose Device Driver" dialog box, current available types are
shown in the "Model(D)" list box. If there is the item, "CLEVO 3-mode
floppy disk drive", then choose it and then click "Next(N)" button
and go to step (e-4), otherwise, click "Have Disk(H)" button and go
to step(e-3).
e-3) Enter the directory where your driver files are placed in the edit
box "Copy manufacturer's files from", by key in directly or by
clicking "Browse" button to choose the file location to be
\jwin2000\floppy to choose clevoflpy.inf, and click "OK".Then
click the "OK" button and it will return to the case in step (e-2).
e-4) After a moment, the wizard will copy the driver file clevoflpy.sys
to appropriate Windows system directory until a message, "Windows
had finished installing the software for the device", is displayed
in "Completing the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard" dialog box, then
clicking "Finish" button.
When this updating process is over. You will see the properties of the
floppy disk drive has been changed to "CLEVO 3-mode floppy disk drive".
f) Reboot the computer, you will find the floppy disk drive and its controller have been really
updated to "CLEVO 3-mode".
3. How to verify the function of the 3-mode FDD ?
At first, check the normal function by inserting a floppy diskette with DOS format 1.44 MB.
Do reading and writing it with certain files you want.
Second, check the function of 3-mode by inserting a floppy diskette with NEC format 1.23MB.
Do read and write with certain files you want. Note that it will take a few seconds to begin
read the floppy disk whose format differs from previous one.
If both of the above tests are passed, the function of 3-mode is verified OK.
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.