Recently I did some work on my floppy drive, now everytime I restart the system the floppy drive seems to be accessed and all throught the drive is trying to be accessed, what is this? How do I stop it!
And thanks for the answer in advance,
Yaz
2006-07-17 12:15:55 · 15 answers · asked by yazdi p 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
tell someone to fix it for u
2006-07-17 12:17:21 · answer #1 · answered by Lion 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ok. few things:
1. When u restart, is the floppy inside?
If yes, remove it and restart again.
If No, and still the operating sys. is trying to find the drive, I guess the BIOS is trying to make sure that the drive is there or not and trying to read it.
Press F8, when restarting, go to BIOS and check the boot sequence.
First, see if floppy if there in the bot sequence.
If it is, check the order, make HDD as ur first boot option.
make Floppy as the last one.
well i can do more brainstorming, but for that I'll have to see what its doing and well i'll charge on hourly basis for it :)
2006-07-17 12:27:09 · answer #2 · answered by rpkeskar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds to me that you set through boot priority to go into the floppy drive first.
I would check one thing:
Do you boot up to Windows (or OS) when you remove any floppy disk in the floppy drive during the boot sequence?
If you do boot without issue it is a matter of going into the BIOS and changing the boot sequence to Hard Drive first. Then it will never go into Floppy or other drives (unless HD failed)
If that still fails and boot sequence is not the issue:
Another thing is to make sure all your cables are not seated backwards. Make sure they are in correct.
2006-07-17 12:20:36 · answer #3 · answered by dbrhee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-01 19:31:02 · answer #4 · answered by duenwald 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First check the cable it sounds as if it is on backwards.
Next off check you bios setting and see if floppy seek is checked.
Lastly go online and buy a new floppy drive cable if the one you currently have doest work and then floppy drive.
2006-07-17 12:18:59 · answer #5 · answered by havocstar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just get rid of them - floppys are soooooo 1990s. Who uses them anyway? Just by a USB flashdrive / jumpdrive / pendrive. It will save you the hassle of this ever happining again.
2006-07-17 12:20:07 · answer #6 · answered by arkisman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because your fist boot option is floppy drive
1-reboot your pc and then press delete quickly
2-in bios setting go to advanced boot option and change your first boot option to HDD or CDRom and deselect floppy drive
2006-07-17 12:35:16 · answer #7 · answered by sohrab_ark 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably have the BIOS set to use Drive A:\ as bootable drive first. Check your bios again, and uncheck it. It should be fine.
2006-07-17 12:21:36 · answer #8 · answered by lab_rat06 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey Floppies R oldschool man, have you heard the word Compac Disc (CD)
*Word from today
CD
LOL
2006-07-17 12:26:15 · answer #9 · answered by 123456 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Floppies are so yesterday!
2006-07-17 12:17:04 · answer #10 · answered by ndtaya 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you should by a removable disk to save your work on. Its much more safer and reliable. It also has more memory therefor it is able to hold more stuff.
2006-07-17 12:18:27 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋