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From: lesio on 25 Mar 2010 16:37 hi, when I power up my pc I am getting this message "diskette drive 0 seek failure. primary drive 1 not found strike F1 key to continue...." I have win xp home ed. with one hd - 160 gb; P4 2.8 GHz; Dell when I strike F1 my system starts normally what's wrong? and how serious it is? PS. recently my system restarted itself few times during powering up - before F1 message showed up two problems are connected? please educate me, thnx -- lb
From: sgopus on 25 Mar 2010 17:31 At first thought, I would look if you have set your floppy as the first boot device, if this is not the case, then I suggest you replace your HD ASAP, as it appears it's getting ready to fail, seek errors usually mean, drive head is failing or dirty, and there is no way to clean it, just replace it, I strongly urge you to make a drive clone of your primary drive before you insert the new one in place, it will save lots of problems later. one suggestion for software is Acronis True Image, get the latest version. "lesio" wrote: > hi, > when I power up my pc I am getting this message > "diskette drive 0 seek failure. > primary drive 1 not found > strike F1 key to continue...." > > I have win xp home ed. with one hd - 160 gb; P4 2.8 GHz; Dell > when I strike F1 my system starts normally > what's wrong? and how serious it is? > > PS. recently my system restarted itself few times during powering up - > before F1 message showed up > two problems are connected? > > please educate me, thnx > > -- > lb > > > . >
From: lesio on 25 Mar 2010 17:42 floppy is not installed at all and mentioned in the BIOS as a boot device (?!?) thanks for the heads up with the HD I've made already copies on my other HD "sgopus" <sgopus(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C6DE4993-5D3C-4C06-95E5-1597B6B1358B(a)microsoft.com... > At first thought, I would look if you have set your floppy as the first > boot > device, if this is not the case, then I suggest you replace your HD ASAP, > as > it appears it's getting ready to fail, seek errors usually mean, drive > head > is failing or dirty, and there is no way to clean it, just replace it, I > strongly urge you to make a drive clone of your primary drive before you > insert the new one in place, it will save lots of problems later. one > suggestion for software is Acronis True Image, get the latest version. > > "lesio" wrote: > >> hi, >> when I power up my pc I am getting this message >> "diskette drive 0 seek failure. >> primary drive 1 not found >> strike F1 key to continue...." >> >> I have win xp home ed. with one hd - 160 gb; P4 2.8 GHz; Dell >> when I strike F1 my system starts normally >> what's wrong? and how serious it is? >> >> PS. recently my system restarted itself few times during powering up - >> before F1 message showed up >> two problems are connected? >> >> please educate me, thnx >> >> -- >> lb >> >> >> . >>
From: philo on 25 Mar 2010 18:29 lesio wrote: > floppy is not installed at all and mentioned in the BIOS as a boot device > (?!?) > thanks for the heads up with the HD > I've made already copies on my other HD > > "sgopus" <sgopus(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:C6DE4993-5D3C-4C06-95E5-1597B6B1358B(a)microsoft.com... >> At first thought, I would look if you have set your floppy as the first >> boot >> device, if this is not the case, then I suggest you replace your HD ASAP, >> as >> it appears it's getting ready to fail, seek errors usually mean, drive >> head >> is failing or dirty, and there is no way to clean it, just replace it, I >> strongly urge you to make a drive clone of your primary drive before you >> insert the new one in place, it will save lots of problems later. one >> suggestion for software is Acronis True Image, get the latest version. >> >> "lesio" wrote: >> >>> hi, >>> when I power up my pc I am getting this message >>> "diskette drive 0 seek failure. >>> primary drive 1 not found >>> strike F1 key to continue...." >>> >>> I have win xp home ed. with one hd - 160 gb; P4 2.8 GHz; Dell >>> when I strike F1 my system starts normally >>> what's wrong? and how serious it is? >>> >>> PS. recently my system restarted itself few times during powering up - >>> before F1 message showed up >>> two problems are connected? >>> >>> please educate me, thnx >>> >>> -- >>> lb >>> >>> >>> . >>> > > Looks like you need a new cmos battery as your bios settings are apparently not being held
From: sgopus on 25 Mar 2010 19:17
Your sentence is confusing, are you saying the floppy is mentioned as the boot device? or it's not mentioned? in either case your other issue might be related, if the hd can't be found to write temp files or save data, windows might reboot on it's own, how old is your system? "lesio" wrote: > floppy is not installed at all and mentioned in the BIOS as a boot device > (?!?) > thanks for the heads up with the HD > I've made already copies on my other HD > > "sgopus" <sgopus(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:C6DE4993-5D3C-4C06-95E5-1597B6B1358B(a)microsoft.com... > > At first thought, I would look if you have set your floppy as the first > > boot > > device, if this is not the case, then I suggest you replace your HD ASAP, > > as > > it appears it's getting ready to fail, seek errors usually mean, drive > > head > > is failing or dirty, and there is no way to clean it, just replace it, I > > strongly urge you to make a drive clone of your primary drive before you > > insert the new one in place, it will save lots of problems later. one > > suggestion for software is Acronis True Image, get the latest version. > > > > "lesio" wrote: > > > >> hi, > >> when I power up my pc I am getting this message > >> "diskette drive 0 seek failure. > >> primary drive 1 not found > >> strike F1 key to continue...." > >> > >> I have win xp home ed. with one hd - 160 gb; P4 2.8 GHz; Dell > >> when I strike F1 my system starts normally > >> what's wrong? and how serious it is? > >> > >> PS. recently my system restarted itself few times during powering up - > >> before F1 message showed up > >> two problems are connected? > >> > >> please educate me, thnx > >> > >> -- > >> lb > >> > >> > >> . > >> > > > . > |