Bootdisk problem after MS critical updates on XP

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Parlo

New system built with serial ATA drive and XP loaded, I can boot off
the A
drive (to run ghost and install all other programs reqd) but now after
installing all MS critical updates barring SP2, floppy is
readable/writable from windows but a shutdown reboot from the
floppy doesnt work?

Fitted a non SATA drive and I get the same problem, so it isn't a SATA
problem ?
any ideas

TIA
Parlo
 
Parlo said:
New system built with serial ATA drive and XP loaded, I can boot off
the A
drive (to run ghost and install all other programs reqd) but now after
installing all MS critical updates barring SP2, floppy is
readable/writable from windows but a shutdown reboot from the
floppy doesnt work?

Fitted a non SATA drive and I get the same problem, so it isn't a SATA
problem ?
any ideas
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If your machine will not boot from the floppy drive this has nothing to do
with Windows XP since you OS is not running at boot time.
Check you BIOS to ensure your floppy is the first boot device, if this is
the case then ensure the floppy inserted is bootable.
If you still cannot boot from your floppy drive then you may wish to change
the drive and or cable etc and trouble shoot this as a hardware problem.

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Regards,

Mike
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Cheers Mike

Mike Brannigan said:
If your machine will not boot from the floppy drive this has nothing to do
with Windows XP since you OS is not running at boot time.
Check you BIOS to ensure your floppy is the first boot device, if this is
the case then ensure the floppy inserted is bootable.
If you still cannot boot from your floppy drive then you may wish to change
the drive and or cable etc and trouble shoot this as a hardware problem.

--

Regards,

Mike
--
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Mike or others,

Ive checked the bios and the floppy is the first boot device, Ive
changed the floppy for another, and also changed the flatstrip cable,
the floppy has been tried in afriends machine and works fine, if i wipe
the hard drive and start again, up to the point of going to the website
for the critical updates etc then the floppy works ok and you can boot
off it read to it and also write, but after the critical updates not a
chance, can a critical update cause this or is it a motherboard fault ?
still can't fathom this one.

TIA
Parlo

Thanks for the info previous, having looked at the possibilities
 
The operating system should not be able to change the behaviour of your
floppy drive since in this scenario you are trying to boot fro the device so
all that is active is the hardware and the BIOS.

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Regards,

Mike
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Thanks again, its doing my head in this ! I'll have to try the
motherboard (Abit) maybe its faulty, its just really strange that it
only happens after the critical updates

Mike Brannigan said:
The operating system should not be able to change the behaviour of your
floppy drive since in this scenario you are trying to boot fro the device so
all that is active is the hardware and the BIOS.

--

Regards,

Mike
--
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Parlo said:
Mike or others,

Ive checked the bios and the floppy is the first boot device, Ive
changed the floppy for another, and also changed the flatstrip cable,
the floppy has been tried in afriends machine and works fine, if i wipe
the hard drive and start again, up to the point of going to the website
for the critical updates etc then the floppy works ok and you can boot
off it read to it and also write, but after the critical updates not a
chance, can a critical update cause this or is it a motherboard fault ?
still can't fathom this one.

TIA
Parlo

Thanks for the info previous, having looked at the possibilities
"Parlo" <andy[dot]ross[at]baesystems[dot]com> wrote in message
New system built with serial ATA drive and XP loaded, I can boot off
the A
drive (to run ghost and install all other programs reqd) but now after
installing all MS critical updates barring SP2, floppy is
readable/writable from windows but a shutdown reboot from the
floppy doesnt work?

Fitted a non SATA drive and I get the same problem, so it isn't a SATA
problem ?
any ideas

If your machine will not boot from the floppy drive this has
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nothing
to do
with Windows XP since you OS is not running at boot time.
Check you BIOS to ensure your floppy is the first boot device, if this is
the case then ensure the floppy inserted is bootable.
If you still cannot boot from your floppy drive then you may wish
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to
change
the drive and or cable etc and trouble shoot this as a hardware problem.

--

Regards,

Mike
--
Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights

Please note I cannot respond to e-mailed questions, please use these
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"Parlo" <andy[dot]ross[at]baesystems[dot]com> wrote in message
New system built with serial ATA drive and XP loaded, I can boot off
the A
drive (to run ghost and install all other programs reqd) but now after
installing all MS critical updates barring SP2, floppy is
readable/writable from windows but a shutdown reboot from the
floppy doesnt work?

Fitted a non SATA drive and I get the same problem, so it isn't a SATA
problem ?
any ideas

TIA
Parlo
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