Diskette drive 0 seek failure

[TurkishDelight]

Every time i boot my pc the dell screen comes up then after that a message pops up saying 'Diskette drive 0 seek failure' and lower down it said 'Press F1 to continue, Press F2 to start setup' I can't remember if the second one was F2 or not.

 

I always have to press F1 to continue although the pc runs completely normal after pressing F1 it's just nuisance having to press it every time I boot the pc.

 

Any help will be much appreciated.

 

Thank you.

[Bluesplayer.]

Hi it could be a the cmos [bios] battery needs replacing.

Or the Bios has more than one floppy disk entries in the Bios.

 

Check the Bios and set the floppy disk entry - to None.

Save changes and Exit.

Do not make any other changes while in the Bios.

 

http://michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm

[TurkishDelight]

I presume you mean under boot priority? Well I went there but there was no floppy disk selected at all.

 

So will I have to change the cmos?

[KenB]

Hi,

 

I think Bluesplayer was referring to "Floppy Seek"

This needs to be disabled.

 

This may help:

click here

[TurkishDelight]

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My BIOS looks like this and I went through each heading but I can't seem to find a place to disable the floppy seek.

[Bluesplayer.]

Are you using Win Xp?

Do you have floppy drive attached to your Pc?

If no.

Check Device Manager>Floppy disk drive and drive controllers.

Uninstall them or first - disable them to check if it will work.

You will need to reboot the Pc for changes to be made.

[TurkishDelight]

I am using Windows vista home premium and no I don't have a floppy disk.

 

But there is no heading there called device manager.

 

I will have a look now.

[Bluesplayer.]

Hi device manager is not in the Bios. [sorry]

Open Device Manager

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Open-Device-Manager

[TurkishDelight]

Okay so I've disabled the floppy disk and the floppy disk drive but the problem still persists. Should I uninstall them completely now?

[Bluesplayer.]

Disabling the floppy disk drive should have stopped the Bios from searching for it at start up.

I'd first change the cmos [bios] battery - see if that stops it.

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000239.htm

 

Also check Dell website for any updates to your system - it has its own scan to determine what may need updating.

[KenB]

If I can add my thoughts .....

 

dell screen comes up then after that a message pops up saying 'Diskette drive 0 seek failure'

This has got to be a setting in the BIOS.

At this stage Windows has not started booting ( If I am reading this correctly ).

The option to go to Set-up indicates that the system has not got as far as booting Windows because once the boot process starts you cannot get into the BIOS.

 

I suggest going back into the BIOS and look for anything related to Floppy or Floppy Seek and disable it.

Start with Advanced BIOS Features and Boot Device Configuration

 

 

[Bluesplayer.]

Thanks Ken - that sounds about right.

;)

[Mwalukon]

Hi it could be a the cmos [bios] battery needs replacing.

Or the Bios has more than one floppy disk entries in the Bios.

 

Check the Bios and set the floppy disk entry - to None.

Save changes and Exit.

Do not make any other changes while in the Bios.

 

http://michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm

 

I suggest when you go to BIOS driver under select the Driver 0 press enter and select Off option then save the changes and the error will not appear again i did and it works guys

 

NB:

Applicable in Dell Dimension C521

Edited January 24, 2012 by Mwalukon