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Disk I/O Error?
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It could be one of two things:
1. The floppy disk you have is bad. I would try another floppy disk to see if that works.
2. Either the floppy drive cable or the floppy drive itself (or both) are defective. Try replacing with a known good one and restart the fdisk/format process.
As mentioned in the other thread, make sure you get a good copy of a boot disk from Bootdisk.com
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1. The floppy disk you have is bad. I would try another floppy disk to see if that works.
2. Either the floppy drive cable or the floppy drive itself (or both) are defective. Try replacing with a known good one and restart the fdisk/format process.
As mentioned in the other thread, make sure you get a good copy of a boot disk from Bootdisk.com
Enkrypted
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Enkrypted said:
It could be one of two things:
1. The floppy disk you have is bad. I would try another floppy disk to see if that works.
2. Either the floppy drive cable or the floppy drive itself (or both) are defective. Try replacing with a known good one and restart the fdisk/format process.
As mentioned in the other thread, make sure you get a good copy of a boot disk from Bootdisk.com
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good thought. it's probably the drive and/or the cable. it could even be the mobo. I turned it off and on a lot more than I really should. I could have fried something.
thanks for your post!
Bill
It could be one of two things:
1. The floppy disk you have is bad. I would try another floppy disk to see if that works.
2. Either the floppy drive cable or the floppy drive itself (or both) are defective. Try replacing with a known good one and restart the fdisk/format process.
As mentioned in the other thread, make sure you get a good copy of a boot disk from Bootdisk.com
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good thought. it's probably the drive and/or the cable. it could even be the mobo. I turned it off and on a lot more than I really should. I could have fried something.
thanks for your post!
Bill
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