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Dell B110

Hello,
About 4 mos ago my computer began to display this message "Diskette drive 0 seek failure" on a black screen at startup. When this happens the computer may or may not startup. I was told by a computer shop that my hard drive needs to be replaced. Others have said it's my battery. Does anyone know what may be causing this and what I can do to fix it?

Thank you.

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anil, on Aug 8, 2008 8:04:09 pm BST

Hi could u tell me more about ur pc the configuration the operating system what happens after this error msg appears..

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azajewel, on Aug 26, 2008 9:19:53 pm BST

I have Win XP installed. Once this message appears it may take up to 15 min for the computer to startup, sometimes may be quicker. I do not have a floppy drive so I'm confused as to what would cause this.

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matthew, on Feb 22, 2009 10:41:45 am GMT

In settup there is an option to turn off the floppy disc
do that

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doeboy, on Oct 6, 2009 10:37:01 pm BST

I went in and turned it off and it still dose the samething , been working on this dell dimenion c521 now for 2 days and still cant get to stop doing it , this pc dosent even have a floppy, so why would it even look for one. iv also replaces the battery because someone sugested that . please help

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anil, on Aug 8, 2008 8:18:56 pm BST

Hi this might happen becaue of Faulty or improperly installed diskette, loose diskette/CD interface cable, or loose power cable.Replace the diskette. Ensure that the diskette/CD-drive subsystem is properly installed. If the problem persists, replace the diskette/CD-drive subsystem. try checking it might help

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Bigane, on Aug 26, 2008 12:23:58 pm BST

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I had the same bother and it was enabling floppy disc drive which i dont have.go to bios f2 and click on load default then go into Integral at the bottom.Click on FDC or FDS and disable it and you have cracked it

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azajewel, on Aug 26, 2008 9:17:28 pm BST

I went into F2 mode but didn't have a "load default" option. I looked down the list for "integral" and didn't see it, nor did I see an option for FDC or FDS. Can you tell me what I might be missing here? I appreciate your help!

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shazam, on Nov 20, 2008 5:08:57 am GMT

Thanks to Bigane my problem was solved. Thank you.

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amod, on Dec 1, 2008 5:22:06 pm GMT

Thanks Bigame, I had similer problem and solved it by going to bios f2 and click on load default then go into Integral at the bottom.Click on FDC or FDS and disable it. It solved my problem.

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wasjosh, on Dec 16, 2008 3:38:36 am GMT

I had to disable it in another menu after changing boot sequence.

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David, on Jan 8, 2009 8:51:11 pm GMT

I have the same problem. After the Windows logo comes on the screen goes black and stays black. I did have an external floppy drive, but I disconnected it.

Your advice to someone else was: "I had the same bother and it was enabling floppy disc drive which i dont have.go to bios f2 and click on load default then go into Integral at the bottom.Click on FDC or FDS and disable it and you have cracked it."

What is bios? Is it a key on the keyboard? I tried clicking and holding f8 prior to the Windows logo so I could access Safe Mode. But the arrow keys won't work to highlight safe mode.

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bearguy2u, on Feb 22, 2009 12:05:17 am GMT

Hi my name is Michael I'm a PC phone tech where I work. The BIOS stands for Basic Input/output Sytem and can be found by pressing F2 after the memory test is complete and before the Windows LOGO. The BIOS contains system preboot and configuration information, such as boot sequence, enabled or disabled devices installed on your system.
Michael

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cameron, on Sep 2, 2009 6:15:59 am BST

Michael,
I have a dell dimension 4600 that is slowly coming back to life after blue screen of death. I go it up and going and installed service pack 3, all seems to be good except for the initial black screen. It is telling me SATA primary drive and SATA secondary drive and the primary drive 1 not found. OS install mode enabled and I have limited memory. If I press f1 key, everything works fine, but the process continues everytime I start up. When I press f2 and go to drive config., it tells me both SATA drives are "unknown device" and the primary master drive is a hard drive. Not sure where or how to proceed from here to get a solution? Can you please help or lead me in the right direction?

many thanks

Cameron

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wojak, on Oct 6, 2008 8:31:19 pm BST

Go into your bios and disable floppy drive, disk 0, its should be under drivers

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doeboy, on Oct 6, 2009 4:30:56 pm BST

I have a dell dimension c521, i have the same problem ,(diskette drive 0 seek failure). hit f1 or f2 , i turned it off in bio and it still comes up, went back to default and still the same . i did a full recovery and for some stupid reason i cant get the drivers to install. please help . doeboy442001@yahoo.com. it was doing this b4 i started working on it

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tklov87, on Nov 19, 2008 1:59:07 am GMT

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You need to press f2 then go to Standard CMOS Features, then highlight drive A. change it to none. should not have anything in there enless you have floppy drive......

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Richard, on Dec 4, 2008 4:06:31 am GMT

This worked for me! After trying everything. THANKS!

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norcal, on Dec 17, 2008 3:58:05 pm GMT

Sweet tip-Worked great

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realbassplayer, on Jul 13, 2009 2:42:23 am BST

Thanks for the great help and advice. I went to setup and disabled the floppy drive, even though i don't have one and now all is well

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guyver, on Oct 3, 2009 11:17:14 pm BST

Thats a bunch i dont know why i didnt think of that...

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doeboy, on Oct 6, 2009 11:22:24 pm BST

Went through the bios and didnt c anything that said , standard cmos, im pretty good with pcs and iv seen that b4 but i dont c it on this dell dimension C521

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Cris, on Oct 31, 2009 12:47:55 pm GMT

I had the same problem and after talking to 2 microsoft reps who couldn't help me, this totally fixed my problem. Thank you...

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huggbear, on Nov 23, 2008 3:40:39 am GMT

I have a Dell xps 400 with windows xp on it then I upgrade to windows vista home premium. I used it for about a year or so now I am getting a message on my black screen floppy diskette seek failure when I hit the f1 key it loads me on to another black screen with only a cruss arrow on it can and one help me with this and what is happening to it?

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magicdonjuan, on Dec 4, 2008 5:58:31 pm GMT

Thanks alot Richard

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ruslan2k7, on Dec 15, 2008 11:44:14 am GMT

Thanks bigane, my error message was fixed, but after that it goes into this black screen with just the arrow mouse on it. This started happening around the same time as the error message, what could it be?

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rhyno, on Jan 12, 2009 7:16:45 pm GMT

I had the same problem, and these answers helped a lot. My bios menu was a little different. Look for anything that refers to your 'drives'. Make sure its not trying to find a floppy drive that isn't there. That's what mine was doing. If it is change where it says floppy to 'not installed'

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Nice tip, on Jan 14, 2009 10:05:54 pm GMT

Good advice ... But now the screen has gone blue and it says"STOP : 0x00000024 blah blah blah! Help

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tklov87, on Jan 16, 2009 1:29:06 pm GMT

I have no clue on what could fix that. Contact the manufacture.

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bearguy2u, on Jan 20, 2009 8:36:57 pm GMT

I have 2 errors Disk 0 and Disk 1 seek failure. When I go to F2 nothing happens or F12 nothing hppens, same message w/no results. I am assuming the motherboard at this point is dead as there is no BIOS to find.

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Neyo, on Jun 8, 2009 8:37:55 am BST

My system is not coming on and when l press F2 and F12 it is responsible it is only showing diskette drive 0 seek failure

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thabear, on Jan 26, 2009 8:34:29 pm GMT

This come up

Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause.

If windows files have been damaged or configured incorrectly , startup repair can help diagnose and fix the problem. If power was interrupted during startup, choose start windows Normally
(use the aarow keys to hightlight your coice.)

Launch Startup Repair (recommended)
Start Windows Normally

i click the launch startup repair then it show seconds until the highlighted choice will be selected automatically: and it show the number and it goes back to what it say again and again but when i leave the computer alone for awhile it show a blank black screen. Then when i select Start Windows Normally it show up the start up screen and give me Diskette Drive 0 Seek Failure

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HelpWithuComp, on Jan 31, 2009 5:08:17 pm GMT

Check your hardware configuration in your computer. How many hard drives do you have? on your IDE Cable, the big skinny Grey cord, make sure you plug the end cord of the IDE cable to your hard drive and your CD/DVD ROM drive to your middle one and the other end to your motherboards primary IDE port(Should say on your motherboard were to plug into Primary IDE) and change your jumpers on your CD/DVD Rom to slave(Look on the drive it should say were to plug it in for the jumpers) and your hard drive you use to store your OS on to Master,|| and your other hard drive you use to store your photos and all on master also(plug this on the secondary IDE port if there isn't one, refer to step 1) and start up your computer(but remember if you have a second hard drive, use the end of the ribbon cable to your hard drive and the other to the motherboard(usually the blue part that goes into the motherboard) and it should work. if it don't tell me your hard drive configuration and i shall help you. and i think that error message shows if these steps didn't help, go into your bios and change the settings on the drives to

1:Primary Master Drive Boot Device - CD/DVD Rom
2: Primary Slave drive - hard drive
3: Secondary Master Drive - Hard drive.

if these don't work refer to this post and i will try and help you on your problem, but post your hard drive configuration and maybe some pictures of your bios so i can help properly.

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Kimo, on Apr 12, 2009 6:42:27 pm BST

Hi, Im kimo
And i have the Diskette Drive 0 Seek Failure error
my pc specifications are : Dell Optiplex 170L,1.66GHz , 512MB
I messed up my whole PC, couldnt find a engineer
But.. I've been checking the most forums and others say that my Hard Disk is broken
Can't believe that cause my PC is still reading it and i tried 3 other Hard Disk
I Hope you can help me Solve this problem?

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rapture, on Feb 2, 2009 6:45:28 am GMT

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I have a dell inspiron-530 with vista premium. i had sum problem with viruses and i wanted to start my windows in safemode to delete the files but wen i pressed F8 some error came up and after that i couldnt load up my windows. even windows repair didnt work. then i went down to bios and set all the options to default. now i get the Diskette 0 seek failure message everytime i start my comp but my windows does work when i press F1. how do i solve this probem?

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rapture, on Feb 2, 2009 7:04:12 am GMT

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Nevermind. i solved the problem. for dell users u have change your first boot hardware to Harddisk and the go to integrated components and disable FDC.

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gw2250, on Feb 17, 2009 2:57:34 pm GMT

I bought a computer from my grandma she had the computer for 2 years but the software was all messed up so i had to restore to factory setting and now its telling me it can't find diskette 0.

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mattger, on Mar 8, 2009 9:29:24 am GMT

I followed your advice and it worked. Thanks.

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mattger, on Mar 8, 2009 9:33:35 am GMT

Hi Rapture. My computer is Dell with windows vista. I followed your advice and it worked. Thanks.

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Postal268, on Mar 20, 2009 12:24:13 pm GMT

Dude thank you so much, I had been messing with the setup for hours. I figured the hard drive part but I never would have thought to go to integrated and turn off the FDC. Thanks a ton man.

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lukefirewalker, on Mar 29, 2009 3:59:41 pm BST

That did it, thanks.

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luko, on Apr 2, 2009 11:36:06 am BST

How do i do that?

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pari, on Apr 6, 2009 10:30:49 am BST

Hi,
Thanks a lot buddy, I solved this problem after a year....such a long time, so all credits goes to you my friend, Thnaks once again.

Pari

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sealtsswine, on Jun 2, 2009 4:31:29 pm BST

Very much a novice- please help
I have the same problem with a dimension 3000

I went to F2 then I am not sure where to go, any help is trully appreciated.

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Cookie288, on Jun 26, 2009 4:37:17 pm BST

Where is the first boot hardware?

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soldiersunlimited, on Jul 15, 2009 9:38:16 pm BST

Thank you for the info!

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vaquero usa, on Jul 24, 2009 1:02:18 am BST

Thank you very much rapture it works...after almost 6 mos I keep on pressing F1 to open my computer, and also thank's to google.

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BenP, on Jul 28, 2009 2:15:31 am BST

Thanks very much for all your wonderful notes on how to solve this problem. I followed your steps and it worked accuratedly.

BenP

Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea

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Thaulsa, on Aug 2, 2009 7:08:38 pm BST

Thank you very much rapture i had problems with my diskette not working so i pulled the plug on it. still got the same error, then i realized it was booting of cd rom 1st changed to hdd and turned off diskette in bios bam works great

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steve4782, on Aug 4, 2009 12:16:01 am BST

THANK YOU!

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diskettepower, on Aug 17, 2009 8:08:34 pm BST

Hey, had the same issue with diskette error on a black screen.....I had to solve it before my mom came back from out of town..You saved my ass with your answer!!!! Thanks, DRINKS ON ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! in Nashville!!!!

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cfj52, on Aug 19, 2009 11:08:48 am BST

How do you get to the integrated components to eliminate FDC?

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albertanewfie, on Aug 23, 2009 10:03:45 pm BST

I'm getting the same error message, how would you change those options to get rid of the error message? I'm pretty good with computers, but I don't want to do it wrong, so if you could walk me through the steps pls..
thanks

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barika, on Sep 25, 2009 8:54:34 pm BST

Rapture, I have a Dell Dimension 3000 and am receiving the error message Primary Dive 0 not found. I think this is similar to some of the problems other people are having. I called Dell and they said I cd pay then $200 for them to see about it. I wd love to save that $ if you could help.

Yours Truly,
Carmen

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pana4321, on Oct 6, 2009 8:25:53 pm BST

Hi. I have a dell inspiron 6000 with the same problem. I already tried f12 after turning on. Can you give me please further details on the explanation. I do not know much about IT. thanks

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whiteboy, on Oct 9, 2009 1:51:39 am BST

I had the same problem diskette drive 0 seek failure, your advise fix mine the first time-THANKS

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LisaP, on Nov 6, 2009 2:24:23 pm GMT

I am not that computer smart and do not know how to do the things you are saying to do. My computer was updated by Windows XP Saturday evening. When I got up Sunday morning, it was trying to restart. When it finally did, it had this error. I have tried everything to fix it. I do not know how to get into the BIOS on XP. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you very much!

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cfj52, on Aug 18, 2009 1:15:58 am BST

I have that error and I have a Dell. Where do I find integrated components?

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bearguy2u, on Feb 4, 2009 3:07:13 pm GMT

After further testing (memory swap and reseating everything) it has been determind that the Motherboard is dead.
Thank You.

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gw2250, on Feb 23, 2009 2:09:56 pm GMT

I've tried shutting it off in the BIOS menu but then i get a bunch of other messages witch i forget what they say but after that the computer just does nothing so i have to restart the computer and turn it back on for it work. the computer runs just fine when the menu pops up and i hit F1.

I should also let you know that the computer was used by my uncle who like to vist porn sites and the computer was loaded with virus and everything before i did the the factory default restart.

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Lake, on Feb 26, 2009 3:47:26 pm GMT

Diskette Drive 0 seek failure (error message)

I have a Dell 3000 and I have this error message, how do I fix this? Also after reinstalling xp I only have 16 bit for color? Please help:)

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Johan, on Mar 9, 2009 2:07:31 pm GMT

I had the same problem, Do you have a diskette drive?

It appeared on a black screen. I fixed it by pressing f2 , there stood that I have a floppy disk A. Just stand on that and press enter button. Then you can walk up to disable and the problem will be solved.
Hope it helps.

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Phrostbyte, on Mar 2, 2009 5:35:06 am GMT

Dell dimension 4600 bios version A07 ****||PROBLEM SOLVED ||****

What I did to solve this error was go into the bios by pressing F2 at startup.
I then changed the setting for the a: floppy drive to "disabled" as I do not have one installed.

I then checked the system event log on the bottom. It stated Bios battery failure. This explained the issue.

I then changed the bios battery inside the pc by opening the side of the case and removing the little flat 3v battery and replacing it with a new one.

*** !!!!Be sure to have the computer off and unplugged for about 20 seconds before attempting to replace the system battery. Also when replacing the battery make sure you are using one hand to hold a metal part of your computer case or have an electrostatic wrist strap on to avoid electrostatic discharge and damaging your internal electrical components!!!! ***

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Badapple, on Mar 6, 2009 2:34:57 pm GMT

I have a Dell Dimension E521 with Windows XP Media Edition installed and i recently had an AVG screenpop up telling me i had a virus so i started a system scan. During this scan my pc restarted itself so i couldnt complete the scan and now when i try to boot up windows it says "Loading your personal settings" then if i'm lucky i'll get my wallpaperscreencome up for a few seconds and then it will go back to the user accounts screen and say "Logging Off". I have tried to run it again and reboot it but to no avail.
I have tried rebooting in safe mode, i've tried rebooting from the hard drive and the CD-Rom using the windows installation disc i originally got with the machineand i have tried the above options too but it still will not boot up.
I do have the "Diskette Drive 0 Seek Failure" message come up and it has also told me that the "Diskette Drive (B)" is corrupt.
How do i sort this and is my hard drive completely knackered?
Thanks in advance for any advice

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