[mswindowsxp] Re: Creating a Bootable Floppy.
- From: "Ibrahim, Mustafa" <Mustafa.Ibrahim@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'mswindowsxp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <mswindowsxp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:23:47 -0400
Hi Ted,
It turns out this is an issue known to Microsoft. They say problem is:
"This problem occurs on disks that do not contain a media descriptor byte in
the BIOS parameter block (BPB) of the boot sector. Some older preformatted
floppy disks do not contain a media descriptor byte. Older product disks may
also not have the media descriptor byte."
There is a lot more detail in this article here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;140060
I hope this helps mate
-----Original Message-----
From: Ted Cotton [mailto:tabcot@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 20 September 2004 10:07
To: mswindowsxp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mswindowsxp] Re: Creating a Bootable Floppy.
Hi, Ibrahim.
> This is not necessarily an XP operating system issue. It sounds more like
a hardware issue with either the floppy disk
You are right!
I've been away for a day or two. Just checked my disks again and found that
I can create bootable floppies with another box of disks I have. They are:
MF - 2 HD. Double Sided High Density.
The disks which give me the error message are: MF 2DD. Double Sided Double
Density. Just right-clicking the drive with one of these disks in gives me
the egg timer and non opening of disk.
Obviously these disks are not suitable for my computer... Why is this?
Many thanks.
Kind Regards,
Ted.
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