It should matter if an OS is installed on the hard drive. If so, the floppy
and cd drives should be ahead of the hdd or they will never be checked for
bootable media.

"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message
news:e%23t4ldAbIHA.4208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> The boot order should have no effect on the machine recognising
> your floppy disk drive. However, there are other BIOS settings
> that determine what type of drive you have. They are important!
>
>
> "attilathehun1" <attilathehun1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E421E352-0D8F-4721-BFD4-F5ABCAD7D7AA@microsoft.com...
>> Ok, Bingo! I went into BIOS and reset the order of the floppy drive from
>> 4th
>> place to 1st place. The order used to be removable drive, hard drive,
>> CD-ROM
>> drive, and then network boot drive or something close to network boot
>> drive,
>> which I figured out was the floppy drive. So now the order is network
>> boot
>> drive, hard drive, CD-ROM drive, and then removable drive. I saved it in
>> BIOS
>> and then the drive recognized my first floppy diskette.
>> One thing though, I busted the button that you push to remove the
>> diskette
>> from the floppy. Figured, if something can go wrong, it will go wrong.
>> I wondering if I can send away for a front panel from HP. The PC was a HP
>> pavilion 503n. So I figure HP must have a front plate for this PC case?
>> Well, now I know when I change a floppy drive I might have to go into
>> BIOS
>> if I'm having problems and configure something.
>> Thanks, attilathehun1
>> --
>> attilathehun1
>>
>>
>> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "attilathehun1" <attilathehun1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>>> message
>>> news:530FA91B-6AED-44C2-BC92-0EE84819697D@microsoft.com...
>>> > No, they are not new floppies, they old ones with data already on
>>> > them.
>>> > You
>>> > think by replacing the old floppy drive that I might have to go into
>>> > BIOS
>>> > and
>>> > configure the new floppy drive (A)? There is only one spot for a
>>> > floppy
>>> > and
>>> > there isn't even a spot for a zip drive. I would have to get a new
>>> > case if
>>> > I
>>> > wanted to put more than one floppy drive or a zip drive in this PC.
>>> > When I first installed the new drive it said couldn't format the
>>> > diskette.
>>> > The green light did come on also. Now though I'm getting no light at
>>> > all.
>>> > And
>>> > I don't even get an option to eject when I right click on the drive
>>> > icon
>>> > in
>>> > My Computer when a diskette is in it.
>>> > Thanks, attilathejun
>>> > --
>>> > attilathehun1
>>>
>>> How did you go with the simple floppy boot test?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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