Floppy Diskette Seek Failure

jrs19 · 11-30-2008, 02:30 AM

I have the following problem on a Dell Dimension E520 running Vista. When booting a black screen appears with the following:

Floppy Diskette Seek Failure
F1 to continue F2 run setup

When i press F1 the PC continues to boot and all is ok. I do have a floppy installed.

Any suggestions ??

**BCCOMP** · 11-30-2008, 02:46 AM

Hi,
Is the floppy drive working correctly?
If the floppy is working correctly in Vista then go to your BIOS and set the floppy to boot after the CD-Rom and Harddrive:
Boot order:
CD-Rom
Harddrive
Floppy
This should remove the error during the boot process.
Bill

jrs19 · 12-07-2008, 03:51 AM

Thanks Bill
will try your solution

Tumbleweed36 · 12-07-2008, 08:17 AM

If the floppy doesn't work, try flipping over the ribbon cable. So easy to get those on upside down. (that is if you have had the cable off, otherwise, disregard)

11-30-2008, 02:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
jrs19 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 7 OS: vista	Floppy Diskette Seek Failure I have the following problem on a Dell Dimension E520 running Vista. When booting a black screen appears with the following: Floppy Diskette Seek Failure F1 to continue F2 run setup When i press F1 the PC continues to boot and all is ok. I do have a floppy installed. Any suggestions ??

11-30-2008, 02:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
BCCOMP Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York Posts: 7,044 OS: Win XP SP3 / Windows 7 Beta / Open Suse My System	Re: Floppy Diskette Seek Failure Hi, Is the floppy drive working correctly? If the floppy is working correctly in Vista then go to your BIOS and set the floppy to boot after the CD-Rom and Harddrive: Boot order: CD-Rom Harddrive Floppy This should remove the error during the boot process. Bill __________________ PC Wizard \| Everest \| Power supply info \| Memtest86+ PC Running Slow Speedfan Last edited by BCCOMP; 11-30-2008 at 02:49 AM.

12-07-2008, 03:51 AM	#3 (permalink)
jrs19 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 7 OS: vista	Re: Floppy Diskette Seek Failure Thanks Bill will try your solution

12-07-2008, 08:17 AM	#4 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,656 OS: XP Professional	Re: Floppy Diskette Seek Failure If the floppy doesn't work, try flipping over the ribbon cable. So easy to get those on upside down. (that is if you have had the cable off, otherwise, disregard) __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.