Floppy Disk(s)Fail(40)

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

 

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Hi Mardy,

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

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Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
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mardy wrote:
> message appears on start-up....press F1 to
> continue.....Appreciate help......

 

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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!

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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!


"mardy" <mardy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> message appears on start-up....press F1 to continue.....Appreciate
> help......

 

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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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On Sat, 28 May 2005 12:57:22 -0700, "mardy"
<mardy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

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

 

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"mardy" <mardy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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
>
> "

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