From another perspective, do you actually have a floppy drive? This is not a plug and play device and the operating system believes what the system setup (BIOS) says is available during boot. I would replace the CMOS battery (since low voltage on that item often causes this problem) and then go to system setup and set the diskette drive to Off. This drive is sometimes labeled Drive A: in the Dell system setup pages.
theflash1932
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April 3rd, 2011 14:00
1. Make sure you don't have a floppy disk in the drive.
2. Try reseating (disconnect/reconnect) the floppy cables (at both ends!).
3. Replace the floppy drive (or just disconnect it or throw it away).
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April 3rd, 2011 15:00
From another perspective, do you actually have a floppy drive? This is not a plug and play device and the operating system believes what the system setup (BIOS) says is available during boot. I would replace the CMOS battery (since low voltage on that item often causes this problem) and then go to system setup and set the diskette drive to Off. This drive is sometimes labeled Drive A: in the Dell system setup pages.