These are some symptoms that may be caused by the floppy drive. Other components may also cause these same symptoms, check the general diagnosis page for more information. |
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Indicator light never goes on |
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Indicator light never goes off |
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Drive type mismatch during boot |
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"Invalid media" or "Track 00 bad" error when formatting |
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The floppy disk may be defective.
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The drive may not be properly configured in CMOS.
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You may be using the wrong floppy disk density for your drive.
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The same directory is displayed for different diskettes |
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Refresh the view.
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Reinsert the disk, making sure it goes in all the way.
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Check that the interface cable to properly and securely connected to both the drive and the motherboard.
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The floppy drive may need to be replaced.
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"Drive not ready" error |
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There is no disk in the floppy drive.
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Reinsert the disk, making sure it goes in all the way.
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The floppy drive may need to be replaced.
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"General failure" error | -
The disk in the drive is not formatted.
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You may be using the wrong floppy disk density for your drive.
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The drive is out of alignment.
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"Sector not found" error | |