Subj : Re: Hmmmm, Where is the floppy drive in XP? To : All From : ANTant@zimage.com Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 19:16:25 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.o rg!news.unit0.net!peer03.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer03.iad!feed-me.hi ghwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp. giganews.com!buffer1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!buffer2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp ..earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 00:26:35 -0600 From: ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) Subject: Re: Hmmmm, Where is the floppy drive in XP? Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general References: <3aim0d9uhvm69b4kvfn04blmrs1vc1j0gs@4ax.com> User-Agent: tin/2.4.1-20161224 ("Daill") (UNIX) (Linux/4.11.12-200.fc25.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 00:26:35 -0600 Lines: 43 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.103.224.66 X-Trace: sv3-Dq0OXolB52UosWsPdarkmuBeevssX7ColFjEWIivw0VN/CiCidNZw8VMTZsre0H3DgLKXMD+Hcg jHDO!tsVcDCto2Wp8+0AsjHN5sB/syaIlg6Gt5THinmtCCcJbHhtHBFVX+k42iuh39nYJZjPiks0GfG Fu!vhngvqH23ZzvIuksdqfr8TV2vBp9Qfo= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 3418 X-Received-Bytes: 3540 X-Received-Body-CRC: 1483247338 Xref: feeder.eternal-september.org microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:134574 james@nospam.com wrote: > On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 21:23:38 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" > wrote: > >In message , > >gfretwell@aol.com writes: > >>On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 13:58:54 -0600, james@nospam.com wrote: > >[] > >>>I would have looked already, but I cant remember what key to hit to get > >>>into the bios. Its a homemade computer so looking that up may be tricky. > >>>I think I need to start putting labels on every computer saying what key > >>>needs to be pressed to go to the bios. > > > >On most, they tell you on screen during boot, especially desktops rather > >than laptops. (If a CRT monitor, sometimes before the monitor has warmed > >up, though, if it is turned on at the same time as the PC.) Sometimes > >hidden behind a splash screen, though _that_ usually has a "press xx to > >dismiss splash screen" on it somewhere. > >> > >>You are probably on to something. Go into BIOS setup and be sure the > >>FDD adapter is enabled. > >[] > >Though the lack of any flash from the drive's LED makes me suspect it > >isn't getting power ... > IT WORKS NOW. > Turns out the bios was set to "NONE' for floppy drives. I changed that, > and it works. It tried to boot from the floppy in that drive, which just > contains a text tile. I had to remove the floppy so XP would load from > the HDD. > Thanks for all who helped. Is one of you who made me suspect the bios. I > actually did not know floppies could be disabled in the bios. Now I do! I think all drives can be disabled in BIOS' CMOS. :) -- Quote of the Week: "I go out of my way to avoid stepping on ants." --Terry McGovern, daughter of Senator George and Eleanor McGovern, subject of the book "Terry by her father" Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail privately. If credit- ( ) ing, then please kindly use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .