Floppy Disk Failure

Floppy Disk (Drive) Failure

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Explanation: The BIOS POST feature has determined that one or more of the floppy disk drives in the system is failing or missing during the boot sequence. The BIOS may even identify the specific drive in some cases.

Note: Missing can mean that the ribbon connector is loose at either the motherboard or drive, the power cable is disconnected or the power to the drive has failed.

Diagnosis:

This error message implies a device failure of the floppy disk drive or a related problem.

Recommendation:

Troubleshoot the floppy disk drive(s) as noted above.

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