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Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 1:14 PM
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


There is another possibility that nobody has given: the battery that powers 
the cmos memory is bad, causing the cmos settings to be incorrect or change 
to the default settings, which "might" be seeking to boot from a different 
device.  First, check your cmos settings to see if they are correct.  If 
not, then change them to the correct settings, especially the boot sequence. 
If the computer now boots, leave it on until you get a chance to buy a new 
battery.

Batteries generally last about three to five years.

Dean Kukral 

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