The most common cause of problems accessing a floppy disk drive is the orientation of the cable leading from the drive to the motherboard. Along one edge of the cable will be a red indicator, either a solid or a dashed line running the length of the cable. At both ends this red side of the cable needs to line up with pin #1 in the connector. On the motherboard this will usually be indicated by a small number 1 printed at one end of the socket. At the drive end this will be indicated either by a number or a small arrow or triangle.
no lights or sound comming from device, try going into BIOS and see if it sais the floppy exsist, wont ead a floppy
Yes, in the BIOS settings, you may need to change the drive type for a floppy disk if you are using a floppy disk drive. This involves configuring the settings to ensure the BIOS correctly recognizes the type of floppy drive connected, such as 3.5" or 5.25". If you're not using a floppy drive, you can usually disable it in the BIOS to improve boot times and resource allocation.
In the floppy drive
A computer BIOS initializes and tests the CPU, RAM, chipset, video card, keyboard, hard drive, optical disk drive, floppy drive, and interrupt handlers. Additionally, the bios will check ports on a computer.
hard drive
USB FDD in BIOS settings refers to the option to boot from a USB floppy disk drive. It allows the system to recognize and use a USB-connected floppy drive as a bootable device during startup. This setting is useful for accessing legacy systems or software that require floppy disk functionality, particularly in older hardware configurations. Users can enable or disable this option depending on their boot requirements.
whats a flippy drive?? i know floppy drive but i don't know flippy
That is false according to kyle from stagecoach nv.
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.
Start > run > devmgmnt.mscdisable anything related to floppy disk. Restart. Go to BIOS setting, disable Diskette A
Because the hard drive obviously came before the floppy drive in the BIOS boot order.
no, the BIOS is what chooses the first Boot device. YOU can change the first boot device by altering the BIOS. if however, you are talking about 1st, 2nd hard drive etc, then yes.