Guest Tinieblas Posted August 18, 2007 Posted August 18, 2007 My computer says that it has a floppy drive installed, but there is not one there. When my computer turns on it gives an error message because it's looking for the non-existent floppy drive. Under "My Computer" I have a 3 1/2 floppy drive listed. But like I said, my computer does not have a floppy drive. I've tried uninstalling it, but when I restart it says it found new hardware and automatically reinstalls everything. What do I need to do to convince my computer that there is not, nor ever has there been a floppy drive installed? I am running Windows XP Home Version 5.1 on a Dell Dimension E521. Thank you for your help...
Guest Andrew E. Posted August 18, 2007 Posted August 18, 2007 RE: non-existent floppy drive You may not have the floppy drive on the pc case,but you may have a floppy drive controller on the mother board.You can,open device mgr,expand the floppy drive tree,R.click,select disable,close out.On restart or start-up, enter the BIOS,disable the floppy drive controller if one exist.... "Tinieblas" wrote: > My computer says that it has a floppy drive installed, but there is not one > there. When my computer turns on it gives an error message because it's > looking for the non-existent floppy drive. Under "My Computer" I have a 3 1/2 > floppy drive listed. But like I said, my computer does not have a floppy > drive. I've tried uninstalling it, but when I restart it says it found new > hardware and automatically reinstalls everything. What do I need to do to > convince my computer that there is not, nor ever has there been a floppy > drive installed? I am running Windows XP Home Version 5.1 on a Dell Dimension > E521. Thank you for your help...
Guest Alejo Posted August 18, 2007 Posted August 18, 2007 RE: non-existent floppy drive when you begin to boot the computer press the F12 key (I THINK) to enter the BIOS setting. if you are unsure of which key to press pay close attention at the VERY first screen that appears with writting, it should say something to the effect --- push esc for boot options or press F* for settings --- when you enter the bios look at the first screen and you should see the drives installed on the computer and the floppy drive. DISABLE the floppy drive. then press F10 (Exit saving changes) and then the computer will reboot and you should no longer have any floppy errors. enjoy "Tinieblas" wrote: > My computer says that it has a floppy drive installed, but there is not one > there. When my computer turns on it gives an error message because it's > looking for the non-existent floppy drive. Under "My Computer" I have a 3 1/2 > floppy drive listed. But like I said, my computer does not have a floppy > drive. I've tried uninstalling it, but when I restart it says it found new > hardware and automatically reinstalls everything. What do I need to do to > convince my computer that there is not, nor ever has there been a floppy > drive installed? I am running Windows XP Home Version 5.1 on a Dell Dimension > E521. Thank you for your help...
Guest Tinieblas Posted August 18, 2007 Posted August 18, 2007 RE: non-existent floppy drive I've tried disabling it, and it doesn't do anything, but I don't know how to enter the BIOS. I downloaded a BIOS update hoping that might help, but it also did nothing. I don't know how to manually access and change anything in the BIOS though, so if that's something to try then you'll have to tell me how... "Andrew E." wrote: > You may not have the floppy drive on the pc case,but you may have a > floppy drive controller on the mother board.You can,open device mgr,expand > the floppy drive tree,R.click,select disable,close out.On restart or > start-up, > enter the BIOS,disable the floppy drive controller if one exist.... > > "Tinieblas" wrote: > > > My computer says that it has a floppy drive installed, but there is not one > > there. When my computer turns on it gives an error message because it's > > looking for the non-existent floppy drive. Under "My Computer" I have a 3 1/2 > > floppy drive listed. But like I said, my computer does not have a floppy > > drive. I've tried uninstalling it, but when I restart it says it found new > > hardware and automatically reinstalls everything. What do I need to do to > > convince my computer that there is not, nor ever has there been a floppy > > drive installed? I am running Windows XP Home Version 5.1 on a Dell Dimension > > E521. Thank you for your help...
Guest Tinieblas Posted August 18, 2007 Posted August 18, 2007 RE: non-existent floppy drive Ok, well I didn't know that that's what the BIOS was...in that case I've already tried that also, and it didn't work either. I disabled the floppy drive and still got the same error message and still have the drive listed in "My Computer". Any other suggestions? "Alejo" wrote: > when you begin to boot the computer press the F12 key (I THINK) to enter the > BIOS setting. if you are unsure of which key to press pay close attention at > the VERY first screen that appears with writting, it should say something to > the effect --- push esc for boot options or press F* for settings --- when > you enter the bios look at the first screen and you should see the drives > installed on the computer and the floppy drive. DISABLE the floppy drive. > then press F10 (Exit saving changes) and then the computer will reboot and > you should no longer have any floppy errors. > enjoy > > > "Tinieblas" wrote: > > > My computer says that it has a floppy drive installed, but there is not one > > there. When my computer turns on it gives an error message because it's > > looking for the non-existent floppy drive. Under "My Computer" I have a 3 1/2 > > floppy drive listed. But like I said, my computer does not have a floppy > > drive. I've tried uninstalling it, but when I restart it says it found new > > hardware and automatically reinstalls everything. What do I need to do to > > convince my computer that there is not, nor ever has there been a floppy > > drive installed? I am running Windows XP Home Version 5.1 on a Dell Dimension > > E521. Thank you for your help...
Guest Uncle Grumpy Posted August 18, 2007 Posted August 18, 2007 Re: non-existent floppy drive Tinieblas <Tinieblas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >Ok, well I didn't know that that's what the BIOS was...in that case I've >already tried that also, and it didn't work either. I disabled the floppy >drive and still got the same error message and still have the drive listed in >"My Computer". Any other suggestions? Enter the BIOS and do it again. You must've done something wrong. There may also be an option in there to check for the floppy. Disable that as well. SAVE whatever changes you make before exiting.
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 18, 2007 Posted August 18, 2007 Re: non-existent floppy drive On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:36:00 -0700, Alejo <Alejo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > when you begin to boot the computer press the F12 key (I THINK) How to get into your BIOS depends, not on Windows, but on what motherboard/BIOS you have. As a matter of fact, you have to access the BIOS before Windows even starts to boot. The most common way is to press the Del key (not F12) when you first power on, but that's not necessarily right for your computer. Watch the screen carefully when you first boot; there's often a message there telling you what to do. If not, check your system documentation or check with your vendor. Also look here: http://michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm Or just try the Del key. There's a good chance that's correct for you. > to enter the > BIOS setting. if you are unsure of which key to press pay close attention at > the VERY first screen that appears with writting, it should say something to > the effect --- push esc for boot options or press F* for settings --- when > you enter the bios look at the first screen and you should see the drives > installed on the computer and the floppy drive. DISABLE the floppy drive. > then press F10 (Exit saving changes) and then the computer will reboot and > you should no longer have any floppy errors. > enjoy > > > "Tinieblas" wrote: > > > My computer says that it has a floppy drive installed, but there is not one > > there. When my computer turns on it gives an error message because it's > > looking for the non-existent floppy drive. Under "My Computer" I have a 3 1/2 > > floppy drive listed. But like I said, my computer does not have a floppy > > drive. I've tried uninstalling it, but when I restart it says it found new > > hardware and automatically reinstalls everything. What do I need to do to > > convince my computer that there is not, nor ever has there been a floppy > > drive installed? I am running Windows XP Home Version 5.1 on a Dell Dimension > > E521. Thank you for your help... -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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