I upgraded from Windows ME to XP pro which went well on the Dell Dimension XPS R450 with 384 meg ram. Some drivers had to be upgraded (HP photo printer P1000). Upon startup I noticed that BIOS alerted me that floppy drive had failed but when I went into diagnostic mode under device manager both the floppy drive and controller are reported as functioning normally. When a floppy disk is in the drive and an attempt is made to view contents the access light goes on but system gets stuck attempting to read floppy disk. Is this a BIOS problem or incompatibility problem with XP supplied drivers for floppy drive or controller?
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Floppy drive fails after upgrade to Windows XP 1
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Hello bzal!
This is a BIOS-FDD problem. Your FDD can be set to a wrong size or a cable to the disk-drive may be a bit lose in your box.
Try to change your FDD settings in BIOS, if that doesnt solve it you should restore BIOS defaults. The last thing you should try is to reseat your ribbon-cable from the motherboard to the FDD.
Daniel Svensson
This is a BIOS-FDD problem. Your FDD can be set to a wrong size or a cable to the disk-drive may be a bit lose in your box.
Try to change your FDD settings in BIOS, if that doesnt solve it you should restore BIOS defaults. The last thing you should try is to reseat your ribbon-cable from the motherboard to the FDD.
Daniel Svensson
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