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Solve : advice on error "floppy disk failure 40"?

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Hi,

I run Windows XP and recently on boot up I get the error message "floppy disk failure 40"  and then I have to press F1 to continue the boot up.

I have checked the BIOS and the Floppy Seek is Enabled and I have also put a floppy disk in the drive and read data and copied date to the floppy disk with no problem. So it WORKS but fails on the boot up sequence.

And advice would be, as always, greatly appreciated.

Many thanks in advance,
SampIn the BIOS is your floppy drive set to 1.4 meg?

Hi,

I had to find out how it was set, and YES it is set to 1.44meg.

Could it be related to the cables inside the computer?  Nothing has been moved, changed or installed for years.  Someone TOLD me that the connections could be bad but how would that happen?

Many thanks,
sampIs the floppy drive light on ? ?
If so the ribbon cable is connected upside down... Quote from: patio on November 13, 2010, 08:09:13 AM

Is the floppy drive light on ? ?
If so the ribbon cable is connected upside down...

Now there is a tear-jerker memory 


 Hi,

No the floppy light is not on and the interior cables have never been touched these past 5 years.  Nothing new installed either.

The weird thing is the drive works fine with a floppy, it will write and read the files, but when it boots up I get the error message and have to hit F1 to continue each time.

a mystery methinks....any help/ideas appreciated.

Thanks,
SampHave you tried disabling floppy seek in the BIOS? And/or disconnecting the floppy cables, data and power, from the drive?

Hi,

Yes, I disabled the Floppy Seek in the Bios and then it will boot normally, but when I enable the Floppy Seek again it does the same boot up error as before.  And then the drive works as it should....Weird...

I haven't tried System Restore yet, do you think that might make any difference?

Gracias in advance,

Samp
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Yes, I disabled the Floppy Seek in the Bios and then it will boot normally, but when I enable the Floppy Seek again it does the same boot up error as before.
On your BIOS set-up, try using default SETTINGS, save and exit. Try checking also for any Boot sequence/priority under BIOS settings while floppy disk is enabled... If there is still no changes, remove the CMOS battery for atleast 2 minutes. Then insert again. It might just need a system reset. Go to BIOS, change time,date. Check again default settings, priority.


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