The above picture illustrates where each drive is connected. If your floppy cable has more than one connection, verify it's connected to the appropriate connection.Verify a power cable is connected to the back of the floppy drive.If connected, disconnect and reconnect the floppy drive cable to verify it is seated properly.

Verify the floppy cable coming from the motherboard is connected to the back of the floppy drive.

If it is connected, disconnect and reconnect the cable to verify the cable is seated properly.

Verify the floppy connection is connected to the motherboard FDD (floppy disk drive) connector.

Power down, unplug, and open the computer, being aware of ESD (electrostatic discharge) and its potential dangers.

If you have recently installed any new hardware, disconnect it temporarily to ensure that it's not causing the floppy drive not to work.

How to enter and exit the BIOS or CMOS setup.Įliminating possible conflicts with other hardware.

Most computers need to have the floppy setup as a 3.5, 1.44 MB. If the floppy drive is not set up properly, you may experience read/write errors or the floppy may not work at all. Verify the floppy drive is properly configured in BIOS setup. If other floppies work, you may have a bad floppy diskette.

Verify that other floppy diskettes are not exhibiting the same issue. If you do not have a tab, place tape over this hole.īecause of the technology of floppy diskette drives, the floppy diskettes ist most likely bad. Verify the diskette is not write protected by sliding the tab into the opposite position, preventing light from shining through it. Verify the floppy diskette you are attempting to read from is not write protected or bad. For floppy read errors see: Why can't my computer read a floppy diskette? Bad floppy diskette The troubleshooting options and details below are for floppy disk drive issues and not for issues about being unable to read one or two floppy disks.

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