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Name: lwb357 Date: April 26, 2007 at 15:17:20 Pacific OS: Windows XP SP2 CPU/Ram: Pentium 4/248 megs Product: Dell
Comment:
I recently reinstalled my Windows program and since then, when I restart my computer I get the following message.
Floppy diskette seek failure Drive 1 not found Drive 3 not found Strike the F1 key to continue, F2 to run the setup utilty
How can I eleiminate this new additional step in my startup?
Name: seawatch Date: April 26, 2007 at 15:24:38 Pacific
Reply:
Go into the bios and disable the floppy seek.
And check your boot order.
Sometimes I think I understand everything, then I regain consciousness
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Response Number 2
Name: lwb357 Date: April 26, 2007 at 17:27:22 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks. How do I get into my BIOS? I can't find anything in Setup F2, that allows me to disable any floppy seek. As far as I know the boot order is still set at default.
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