Floppy Drive Problems - Dell OptiPlex GX260 Series User Manual

Solving Problems: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide

Floppy drive problems

Test the drive
Insert another disk to eliminate the possibility that the original floppy disk is
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defective.
Insert a bootable floppy disk and reboot the computer.
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Ensure that the disk is not full or write-protected—
available space and that it is not write-protected (locked). See the following illustration.
Test the floppy drive light
MS-DOS®
Insert a floppy disk, type dir a: at the DOS prompt, and press <Enter>.
Microsoft® Windows® operating systems
Insert a floppy disk, double-click My Computer on the desktop, and double-click the
floppy drive icon.
Run the Dell Diagnostics—
the tests fail, contact
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Reboot the computer and run the
Dell.
Ensure that the disk has
Dell Diagnostics. If any of