how to stop windows xp from reading the floppy drive when starting up??it's very annoying and slows down the boot up process
the bios is already configured to cdrom as first boot device.....it was already cofigured that way........so....any ideas??
2006-07-17 13:00:59 · 14 answers · asked by carlosdavid 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
What's probably happening is it's going to the CD-ROM drive, finding nothing there, and then going to the floppy disk.
You have to configure the BIOS to go to the hard drive as the first boot device. Depending on what type of BIOS you have, you may be able to turn off all second and third boot devices, or remove the floppy from the list of devices to boot from. You'll have to play around with that part. But this is a 100% BIOS issue and has nothing to do with Windows XP.
Also, you may have a "boot other device" setting; be sure to disable that.
2006-07-17 13:01:42 · answer #1 · answered by I Know Nuttin 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Change the BIOS to read the HDD as the first and second boot device. Then remove the floppy drive. As long as it is still plugged in, it will still read it.
2006-07-17 20:05:42 · answer #2 · answered by nighthawk_842003 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your BIOS allows you to disable the Floppy drive in the Boot Sequence, then do so. Then make your hard drive the first boot device, not the CD-ROM drive.
2006-07-17 20:05:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
By pressing F2, (or whatever the setup is at the first screen when you boot up) you can disable the floppy read. I had to because It came on, I dont even have a floppy!
2006-07-17 20:02:38 · answer #4 · answered by koolgiy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take the disk out of the floppy drive.
2006-07-17 20:02:10 · answer #5 · answered by Jennifer B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's simple. Just take out the floppy disk. Then once it starts up, put it back in if you need it.
2006-07-17 20:05:27 · answer #6 · answered by LaLa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is another BIOS setting for "floppy disk seek on startup" - you need to turn that off. It's not XP that's doing it, it's your BIOS.
2006-07-17 20:02:19 · answer #7 · answered by nkasoff 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is there a floppy in the drive? If so take it out.
2006-07-17 20:02:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sit there while you reboot and watch for a screen that asks what to boot from-check Hard drive.
2006-07-17 20:03:17 · answer #9 · answered by Makemeaspark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
disable it in the bios. why are you still using a floppy anyway?
2006-07-17 20:02:24 · answer #10 · answered by Xae 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋