Phillipe,
I'm sure you'll get your answer from the good folks here. 
In addition, you may find these flowcharts of some help.
http://www.fonerbooks.com/pcrepair.htm

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>From: [log in to unmask]
>Sent: Sep 24, 2007 2:14 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: [PCBUILD] FLOPPY DRIVE
>
> My Autistic daughter was given a gateway computer running WinXP PRO
>Everything was fine until a few days ago, the computer will not boot, It will 
>stop on a black screen with white letters(Remember DOS?) The error is 
>something like this
>( WRONG DISK IN PLACE INSERT THE CORRECT BOOT DISK) I checked the dsrive, 
>nothing in place, the floppy ribbon has a small area that looks like it was poked 
>thru. I checked this ribbon and there are no wires that seem to be 
>crossed/shorted or any other visable wire issue so I purchased a new floppy drive, 
>installed it and got same error I even removed power and the ribbon off and I still 
>get error. My wonderful sweet special needs daughter feels awful that she 
>can't use it. all help appreciated
>Philippe Beaulieu

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