ATA Hard Drive,

Aequitas21 · 10-30-2009, 10:33 PM

I'm trying to fix my bosses computer and for some reason it's not working. He has an old dell destop. I put the new hard drive in and put the os cd in and turn the computer off and on, and instead of it trying to load the cd. A black screen comes up and says, "Diskette drive 0 seek failure; strike f1 to retry boot, f2 for setup utility." What should I do?

**johnb35** · 10-30-2009, 10:55 PM

Open the case and look for a loose floppy drive cable. If the computer doesn't have a floppy drive, go into the bios and disable the floppy disk.

Aequitas21 · 10-30-2009, 11:00 PM

All the cables are connected, I'm thinking the computer isn't reading the dvd and cd drives; but I'm not sure if that's the case.

**johnb35** · 10-30-2009, 11:02 PM

The error you are getting wouldn't be from the cdroms. You also could have a bad floppy drive or you need to reset the cmos.

Aequitas21 · 10-30-2009, 11:07 PM

how does the floppy drive effect it?

**johnb35** · 10-30-2009, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aequitas21

"Diskette drive 0 seek failure; strike f1 to retry boot, f2 for setup utility."

This error refers to the floppy drive. Either bad drive, bad cable, no power going to it, or bad cmos.

Aequitas21 · 10-30-2009, 11:12 PM

what's cmos?

**johnb35** · 10-30-2009, 11:16 PM

The bios. Are you familiar with it?

Aequitas21 · 10-30-2009, 11:21 PM

yea i am......

Aequitas21 · 10-30-2009, 11:33 PM

i just found out the computer didn't come with a floppy drive.

10-30-2009, 10:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
Aequitas21 New Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 7	ATA Hard Drive, I'm trying to fix my bosses computer and for some reason it's not working. He has an old dell destop. I put the new hard drive in and put the os cd in and turn the computer off and on, and instead of it trying to load the cd. A black screen comes up and says, "Diskette drive 0 seek failure; strike f1 to retry boot, f2 for setup utility." What should I do?

10-30-2009, 10:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnb35 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Near Joliet Illinois Age: 39 Posts: 3,613	Open the case and look for a loose floppy drive cable. If the computer doesn't have a floppy drive, go into the bios and disable the floppy disk. __________________ Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R CPU - E8400 Memory - 2GB Corsair XMS2 (2x 1gb) Graphics - ATI HD3870 Hard Drives - 250GB Seagate DVD Drive - Lite-On DVD Burner - Lite-On Power Supply - Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W 22" Acer widescreen AL2216WBD

10-30-2009, 11:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
johnb35 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Near Joliet Illinois Age: 39 Posts: 3,613	The error you are getting wouldn't be from the cdroms. You also could have a bad floppy drive or you need to reset the cmos. __________________ Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R CPU - E8400 Memory - 2GB Corsair XMS2 (2x 1gb) Graphics - ATI HD3870 Hard Drives - 250GB Seagate DVD Drive - Lite-On DVD Burner - Lite-On Power Supply - Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W 22" Acer widescreen AL2216WBD

10-30-2009, 11:16 PM	#8 (permalink)
johnb35 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Near Joliet Illinois Age: 39 Posts: 3,613	The bios. Are you familiar with it? __________________ Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R CPU - E8400 Memory - 2GB Corsair XMS2 (2x 1gb) Graphics - ATI HD3870 Hard Drives - 250GB Seagate DVD Drive - Lite-On DVD Burner - Lite-On Power Supply - Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W 22" Acer widescreen AL2216WBD

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10-30-2009, 11:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
Aequitas21 New Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 7	All the cables are connected, I'm thinking the computer isn't reading the dvd and cd drives; but I'm not sure if that's the case.

10-30-2009, 11:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
Aequitas21 New Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 7	how does the floppy drive effect it?

10-30-2009, 11:12 PM	#7 (permalink)
Aequitas21 New Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 7	what's cmos?

10-30-2009, 11:21 PM	#9 (permalink)
Aequitas21 New Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 7	yea i am......

10-30-2009, 11:33 PM	#10 (permalink)
Aequitas21 New Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 7	i just found out the computer didn't come with a floppy drive.

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