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Invalid Boot Diskette
Every so often, upon starting my computer i receive the message;
"Invalid Boot Diskette Insert Boot Diskette in A:"
This only happens occassionaly, and I just reboot and it goes ahead and starts windows ok.
My question is what is causing this and could it be my hard drive is starting to go bad?
I know someone will ask if I have a non-bootable diskette in my floppy drive- NO.
My computer is a dimension 4100.
Phil M.
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Posted November 27th, 2004 00:00
You also might try re-seating the IDE cable connecting the motherboard to the hard drive. A loose connection here would cause the BIOS to seek the next bootable drive, which in this case might be the floppy. When you re-seat, do both ends.
ceri sheeran
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Posted November 26th, 2004 17:00
HI,
Your system seems to be having problems with floppy disk drive detection etc.
Remove the drive and controller in Device Manager, reboot and let Windows, assuming you are running Windows, redetect both. Please give your Operating System, it is always udeful.
Replace the floppy disk drive and cable. Top / side comes off. Drop the front off, three clips ) and then two metal clips to remove the drive. Replace drive and everything goes back the way it came off / apart.
New BIOS battery
What order do you have set for the boot order of your bootable devices in BIOS.
Possibly BIOS upgrade, although this is very ulikely to to the cause or solution.