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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: oscarandmatty on July 03, 2004, 01:48:45 PM

Title: Floppy Drive error
Post by: oscarandmatty on July 03, 2004, 01:48:45 PM

I have installed a new Hard drive and when i turned on the computer, while in DOS it tells me: "Drive A error". I checked cables and power, everythign looks good. The LED light turns on when i put a diskette in it. The problem that i have is that I need a floppy in order to start the computer and install the OS in my hard drive. Can anyone give me an idea of what can be the problem?.

Title: Re: Floppy Drive error
Post by: merlin on July 03, 2004, 02:30:53 PM

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000230.htm

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000381.htm

and what o/s..you can change the boot sequence in the bios?to boot from cdrom and format the hard drive ..

Title: Re: Floppy Drive error
Post by: Oscar Adrianzen on July 03, 2004, 11:08:37 PM

The hard drive has been formatted already. After the format was completed, the system does not read A or D drive at all. I need the A drive in order to use the boot up disk. I already checked the boot sequence inthe BIOS and is set to start with the Floppy drive, but still does not work.

Title: Re: Floppy Drive error
Post by: MalikTous on July 04, 2004, 10:19:28 AM

If the HDD LED and/or FDD LED are on continuously, you may have the FDD cable on backwards or shifted over a pin or two.

Check your jumper settings. If a HD is set to, for example, Single vice Master when you have a slave drive, or if a drive is set to Cable Select when it should be on Master or Single, that can bollix the IDs.

Try setting the BIOS to 'Default'.