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If you boot a computer with a floppy what will the computer do?
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∙ 14y ago
One of three things: A) boot from it B)nothing and continue as normal C)give some message saying its a non-system disk
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Why is the computer unable to boot from a floppy?
Not enough memory
IF The floppy drives light on when the machine is turned on?
Normally, the floppy drive light comes on so the computer can tell if there is a boot disk in there. If there is a floppy in the drive that is not a boot disk the windows will stop loading until the floppy is removed.
What is the name of a floppy disk containing enough of an operating system to boot?
Boot Disk or Boot Floppy
How do I reinstall Windows when it came with my computer and I have no disk?
floppy farst boot drive and install window
You can't start your computer with MS home disk It will just boot to A drive which does not have CD driver on it.?
You need to change your BIOS boot settings to boot from CD/DVD not floppy.
Why can you use a bootable floppy disc created in Wondows XP to boot a Windows 2000 computer?
I think you can only use a windowsbootable floppy disc for the system in which it was made from.
Why Can you use a floppy disk created in Windows XP to boot a Windows 2000 computer?
The floppy disk has nothing to do with the operating system on the hard drive. You can use a floppy disk created in Windows XP to boot a computer that has Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows 3.1, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, etc...
What is a boot virus and how do you get it.?
A boot sector virus is a computer virus infecting the boot sector on hard and floppy disks. When the computer becomes infected and successfully boots, the virus can then infect media that is written to by the infected computer, replicating itself and spreading through the sharing of disks and software applications.
How do I reformat my computer to reinstall Windows 98 when it is telling me that I already have an operating system installed?
Use a Boot up CD or Boot up Floppy to format the C: Drive and then install ur Operating System. to create a boot floppy go to control panel -- > add and remove prog -- > the last tab (creat boot disk)
How do you boot from the floppy prompt to install xp from CD?
First, if your computer is incapable of booting from a CD, it probably can't run XP anyway. Secondly, all you need to do is put the floppy disk in the drive, and make sure that it is the first boot device in your BIOS.
How would a bootable floppy disk be useful in troubleshooting?
After you make the floppy disc a boot drive (beforehand), you can use it to boot your system when you are unable to boot using your harddrive.
If a PC boots first to the hard drive before checking the floppy disk for an OS how do you change this sequence so that if first on the floppy disk for an OS?
To do this you need to go to boot menu . It depends on configuration of your computer .There are 4 ways to go to boot menu 'f2','del','f8','f12'. press these buttons before your computer start booting with hard disk. then you will see a blue (most probably if you are using INTEL) then go to boot option and select CD drive or floppy drive as first boot device and then save changes and then restart the computer. That is all enjoy.
