windows xp startup problem

bios sort off cd drives 2 and 1 harddrive i think lol

Do you know how to work in BIOS without causing damage?

If you are 100% sure, then:

How many hard drives, SD disks inside of the SD slot, how many CD rom drives you have and how many Floppy drives do you have connected/installed to your computer.

when i start my pc it comes up with this how do i stop it floppy diskette seek failure drive 1 not found: serial ATA,SATA-2 strike the f1 key to continue f2 to run setup utility

bisland

Please post the computer model and the version of windows?

Bev.

dimmension 3100 and windows xp

WHEN  I MY PC IT COME UP WITH WINDOWS CLOSED IT DOWN INCASE OF DAMAGE.

WHAT MUST IDO  WITH THE CD THAT WAST SEND TO ME

WHEN  I MY PC IT COME UP WITH WINDOWS CLOSED IT DOWN INCASE OF DAMAGE.

ETTA621

Please don't type in CAPS, it is considered shouting and is hard to read.     :emotion-5:

To help you, more information is required.

What is the computer model and the version of windows? 

Please describe the problem with the PC?

Bev.

If you don't have a floppy drive installed, then enter the setup and check that the option is turned off. Dimension 3100 SYSTEM SETUP Bev.

done this and fixed the problem thanks.

i now have 1 more problem when i start up i have a choice of 2 windows xp how do i delete 1 of these so my original copy starts on start up.

bisland

Happy to hear that the FD problem has been fixed.

Regards to the 2nd copy of XP, see if the following can help:

Click Start > Run > type, msconfig > Click, 'BOOT.INI' tab > Then check the 'all boot paths' tab > Click on that and a message box should should open, showing the non-valid operating system, click on 'yes' if you wish to delete it, or 'no' if you don't, close the boxes and reboot the system.

Check the nag box, telling Windows not to display that message again, so it will not be displayed in the future.

More info, HERE.

Bev.