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Dead Floppy
I haven't made any changes in the BIOS. This problem started a while ago. At times it would boot up ok and I could access the floppy a few times before it wouldn't respond. Now I can't use the floppy at all. The machine is a P2 133 Mhz. Quite old! I thought if I could just replace the...- Wulf2
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- Forum: PC hardware - General discussion
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Dead Floppy
I have a Compaq Presario 1070 notebook. On bootup I'm getting the message "601-Diskette A Controller Error". If I press F1 it continues to boot but I cannot access the floppy. Can I remedy this by replacing the floppy drive itself or is the controller seperate from the drive?- Wulf2
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