Computer Hope
Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: martinmm on December 23, 2010, 10:23:54 PM
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my computer never had a floppy installed. it setting is disable or not installed but ... should there be a bios with out the floppy ? i don't understand it being there at all. soon i will install windows7 premium. i don't know what will affect the install but want to be as up to date and in line with reality as possible, without a big hole in my wallet. thank you for your participation :)
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Not a problem. The bios is written for a class of machines with similar features.
The manufactures prefer that users don't see the BIOS screen. Because they start asking too many questions.
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And when you ask too many questions, bad things happen to you and your loved ones.
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alrite now that i know who my loved ones are ;D is there a bios replacement when i install windows7 ?being a new OS. or should i try too find one.
I have a SR1220NX compaq presario/320gb hdd/2gb mem(2slot1ea.)/1 dvdplayer/1dvd writer... No floppy. Bios was updated 2006. i never looked at the bios before that and do not know if a floopy was included.
this model never had the 3.5 square disk either.
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I don't see why this is a problem, but sure - if you want to check for a bios update go ahead. You can look at the website of either the computer or the mobo manufacturer.
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thanks. the mobo identifies as 2 different boards through scanning. an Intel DCG... (?don't remember) and an asus that wont be found on their site. and Phoenix tech is way too much money.yeah sign of the times i'm broke and partly hope less. lol ???
do you know if windows7 (upgrade) will have the/a new bios(different) ?
i should copy and paste a new Q - (?)
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Windows does not update bios.
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I've never seen a BIOS that did not have floppy support.....why is this an issue ? ?
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lets go with the word (I) mr. pat io . <all bios have a floppy> then berkly might invite you back with a scholarship.
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lets go with the word (I) mr. pat io . <all bios have a floppy> then berkly might invite you back with a scholarship.
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I'm pretty sure that All BIOS support a floppy- you know, in case you need to use an internal floppy. Like, Seriously, is it that much beyond comprehension that you might install something that didn't come with the computer? It's like saying "my machine has 1GB of memory but it supports 8GB, It didn't come with 8GB so this makes no sense!"
thanks. the mobo identifies as 2 different boards through scanning. an Intel DCG... (?don't remember) and an asus that wont be found on their site. and Phoenix tech is way too much money.yeah sign of the times i'm broke and partly hope less.
BIOS updates don't cost money.
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i duno.
Patio tells me to pay !
!sides floppy setting in bios as the start up and i have no flop. it can be installed from the internet if i wanted one. floppy's are out dated and obsolete. i was done with this thank you all.
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I never told you to pay for anything...and i resent that implication.
Keep your story straight.
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my computer never had a floppy installed. it setting is disable or not installed but ... should there be a bios with out the floppy ? i don't understand it being there at all. soon i will install windows7 premium. i don't know what will affect the install but want to be as up to date and in line with reality as possible, without a big hole in my wallet. thank you for your participation :)
If you know nothing about BIOS and your computer is working fine.Keep out of the BIOS
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Paying attention...... the floppy ....... as the initial start hardware ! that was the delema . disabled it and no, windows don't have bios's es ... still a newer BIOS would be nice. 7 is in and i thank you all for your considerate banter, you will all make a good teacher some day i some sales department LOL .
PS i will open some old wounds in new post soon thank you all agian.
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Welcome back.
Just keep waiting. Someday they will make a BIOS that does not show floppy support. Just a matter of time.
By the way; If you wait long enough, they will make automobiles that do not have cigarette lighters. :)
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my computer never had a floppy installed.
Doesn't make a difference. Do you really believe that every single computer uses a completely different BIOS that is specially made for that machines configuration? No. If a machine doesn't come with a floppy drive, it simply has the option disabled- because there isn't one. Just as if you don't have a secondary hard disk, that setting is disabled as well. Just because a machine doesn't come with a given peripheral doesn't mean it should use a BIOS that preemptively disables that feature for no good reason.
it setting is disable or not installed but
Good. Although the only difference in your case is that if you had it enabled and no floppy drive was installed you would simply get a 'Floppy disk(s) fail' (or something similarly worded) when you start the machine. My computer has an option for a floppy drive, and in fact I have one installed. It's not old.
should there be a bios with out the floppy?
No. That would be pointless.
I don't understand it being there at all.
Consider the scenario where you want to install a floppy drive. You would install it, toggle the option appropriately, and then you're done. (or of course some other person does it for you) if the BIOS, for some stupid reason, didn't support floppy drives at all, you couldn't install one no matter how hard you tried. What reason is there to close off such configuration paths?
i don't know what will affect the install
It won't. Trust me, of all the things to worry about when installing a new Operating system, whether it will somehow have problems dealing with a BIOS just like every single other BIOS out there in it's offering of floppy-drive features should probably be the least of them.