Floppy Disk(s)Fail(40)

[Guest]

message appears on start-up....press F1 to continue.....Appreciate help......

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Mardy,

Here are some possible causes:
Faulty Floppy Drive.
Floppy cable not connected correctly, of disconnected.
Incorrect CMOS settings.
Faulty floppy drive controller.

 

[Guest]

Shut down
Disconnect Floppy cables
Reboot into safe mode
remove floppy in system properties
Reboot
Shut down
Reconnect both cables ( power & data)
Reboot

 

[Richard Urban]

You have a hardware problem! Because it is the least expensive, remove and
reinsert the cables to your floppy drive - both ends please. If no help
replace the ribbon cable.

If still no joy you have either a power problem or a faulty drive!

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Guest]

Thanks for replies....Troubleshooter says all systems go!! drive works
OK....message on start up only query....press F1 or restart and pc acts as
normal...Regards Mardy

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[Mike Hyndman]

Thanks for replies....Troubleshooter says all systems go!! drive works
OK....message on start up only query....press F1 or restart and pc acts as
normal...Regards Mardy

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My favourite is "keyboard error, press F1 to continue" ????
MH

 

[D.Currie]

Thanks for replies....Troubleshooter says all systems go!! drive works
OK....message on start up only query....press F1 or restart and pc acts as
normal...Regards Mardy

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The drive may be starting to go bad. They're cheap, if you need one, or easy
to just disconnect if you don't.