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Offline TribbleSmasher

Re: Is my floppy disk drive broken?
« Reply #14 from previous page: May 14, 2020, 08:47:53 AM »
It can't be disabled, as you can see it. To disable it you need to go to the early boot menu (hold both mouse buttons on startup) and deactivate it there for the actual session only.

It must be a problem with the floppy itself, either cable, de-adjustment or dirt, or the aforementioned little capacitor on the drive leaking.
If you have an external second drive try this just to make sure the fault is not in the chipset on the motherboard.
 

Offline tippieisliefTopic starter

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Re: Is my floppy disk drive broken?
« Reply #15 on: May 14, 2020, 01:05:56 PM »
That is good advice, thank you.
Within a few days I will have an external drive. See what happens.