I'm trying to boot off a bootable floppy in Drive A (connected to my laptop
via a USB port). I reset the BIOS to a boot sequence of FDD-HDD-CD-ROM etc.,
rebooted and the standard WindowsXP sequence unfolded; i.e. the floppy was
bypassed.

have checked the floppy and the disk and all seems okay on that end. What am
I not doing?

Thanks!

PS. The bootable floppy contains a Hitachi Utility to test my HD.

WindowsXP|Pro, 1 GB RAM

I would check with my motherboard specs on the laptop

FDD is usually considered hard wired FDD
a USB floppy may or may not be supported for boot

Hemlock


On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 11:19:51 -0800, "Carygee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I'm trying to boot off a bootable floppy in Drive A (connected to my laptop
>via a USB port). I reset the BIOS to a boot sequence of FDD-HDD-CD-ROM etc.,
>rebooted and the standard WindowsXP sequence unfolded; i.e. the floppy was
>bypassed.
>
>have checked the floppy and the disk and all seems okay on that end. What am
>I not doing?
>
>Thanks!
>
>PS. The bootable floppy contains a Hitachi Utility to test my HD.
>
>WindowsXP|Pro, 1 GB RAM
>

Some BIOSes also have an option to seek floppy at boot and/or to turn on the
floppy controller. Check yours.

"Carygee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm trying to boot off a bootable floppy in Drive A (connected to my
laptop
> via a USB port). I reset the BIOS to a boot sequence of FDD-HDD-CD-ROM
etc.,
> rebooted and the standard WindowsXP sequence unfolded; i.e. the floppy was
> bypassed.
>
> have checked the floppy and the disk and all seems okay on that end. What
am
> I not doing?
>
> Thanks!
>
> PS. The bootable floppy contains a Hitachi Utility to test my HD.
>
> WindowsXP|Pro, 1 GB RAM
>
>

Did check mine and the option is available. Still doesn't work tho.
Apparently, this being a Toshiba notebook, it requires a Toshiba FDD to work
in this FD bootup mode. (My "lowly" Sony USB FDD ain't good enough!)

Thanks!
"Jerry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:ulqLCH$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Some BIOSes also have an option to seek floppy at boot and/or to turn on
the
> floppy controller. Check yours.
>
> "Carygee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I'm trying to boot off a bootable floppy in Drive A (connected to my
> laptop
> > via a USB port). I reset the BIOS to a boot sequence of FDD-HDD-CD-ROM
> etc.,
> > rebooted and the standard WindowsXP sequence unfolded; i.e. the floppy
was
> > bypassed.
> >
> > have checked the floppy and the disk and all seems okay on that end.
What
> am
> > I not doing?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > PS. The bootable floppy contains a Hitachi Utility to test my HD.
> >
> > WindowsXP|Pro, 1 GB RAM
> >
> >
>
>

"Carygee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Did check mine and the option is available. Still doesn't work tho.
> Apparently, this being a Toshiba notebook, it requires a Toshiba FDD to
work
> in this FD bootup mode. (My "lowly" Sony USB FDD ain't good enough!)
>

Interesting. My Toshiba Tecra 9000 will boot from a Compaq USB FDD.......