Floppy drive not opening

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my floppy, which has workked fine for years, would not open. getting message'
need to format' which was bogus.

Ran Win diagnostics and got ' error code 1100-0121 a system disk BIOS
operation failed with the error of 02h

can anyone help?
Thanks
 
Rich F said:
my floppy, which has workked fine for years, would not open. getting message'
need to format' which was bogus.

Ran Win diagnostics and got ' error code 1100-0121 a system disk BIOS
operation failed with the error of 02h

can anyone help?
Thanks
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If you have it set correctly in the bios...it probably just died...
$15 or so for a new one
 
have you tried opening a different floppy?

These drives do wear out, a slight misalignment with the
read head can cause this error.

To check the floppy disk, try it in an other 3.5" drive.

Richard
 
I just bought one for $7.99 at Circuit City. The shipping was more than the
drive. ;-)

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
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thaks - yes i tried 10 different floppies. i guess i need a new one. i'm just
too lazy, and scared to replace it. maybe i'll get an external usb.
 
Rich F said:
thaks - yes i tried 10 different floppies. i guess i need a new one. i'm
just
too lazy, and scared to replace it. maybe i'll get an external usb.
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Those things are held by (at most) 4 screws and 2 cables. Now, how hard
could it be to replace the thing?

You do have to open the case.

It isn't possible to misconnect the cables.

Jim
 
Ken - Yes, I think so, but I can't reformat or format the disk as the drive
isn't working. Just to be sure it isn't the disks, i will try on another
computer tomorrow. Thanks
 
Thanks Jim - Some say to leave the computer on, other to turn it off- what's
your opinion?
 
There is no opinion here, the computer MUST be turned off. And
also unplug it from the wall.

Richard
 
Rich said:
Ken - Yes, I think so, but I can't reformat or format the disk as the
drive isn't working. Just to be sure it isn't the disks, i will try
on another computer tomorrow. Thanks
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If that's the issue, don't format the diskette, since that will cause the
loss of everything on it. The way to access what's on it is to format a
diskette on your Windows XP machine (if you need to replace the drive,
diskette drives are *very* inexpensive), bring that diskette and the one you
couldn't open to the computer of a friend running Windows 98, and copy from
the old diskette to the freshly formatted one. The copy will now be readable
on the XP machine.
 
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