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Dying computer - any advice welcome!
bestpud
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Hiya
The computer (not ours - asking for a relative) will start up in safe mode and run ok but it won't run in normal mode.
It goes to a screen saying 'Floppy Diskette Seek Failure' and says to press F1 or F2. Neither work and eventually they just get a white screen. The computer does not have a floppy disk drive either, which is odd - or is it talking about somethinmg different?
It's a Dell Dimension 5150 if that helps.
Can anyone advise on what to do/try with it? Or has it already had it?
Thanks in advance
Bestpud
The computer (not ours - asking for a relative) will start up in safe mode and run ok but it won't run in normal mode.
It goes to a screen saying 'Floppy Diskette Seek Failure' and says to press F1 or F2. Neither work and eventually they just get a white screen. The computer does not have a floppy disk drive either, which is odd - or is it talking about somethinmg different?
It's a Dell Dimension 5150 if that helps.
Can anyone advise on what to do/try with it? Or has it already had it?
Thanks in advance
Bestpud
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has the (missing) floppy drive been enabled in the bios?Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:0
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Bios could have reset to default settings - dead battery??? But if it's a Bios problem (not finding floppy etc) why would it start in Safe mode but not normally???0
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Pardon?
Technophobe here - please speak as if I was 5 years old!
(Yeah, I know, a 5 year old would know what you are on about!) 0 -
Ok, OH has just said no the floppy drive is not enabled in bios.0
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