Diskett Drive 0 seek failure? what does this mean

When starting up my computer I see this message.

Diskette drive 0 seek failure

Strike the F key to continue, F2 to run the setup utility

What does this mean? Is something wrong with my computer.

Dell Dimensions 8400

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ejn63

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December 26th, 2005 16:00

Does the system have a floppy drive?

shesagordie

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December 26th, 2005 18:00

jcronin

If you don't have a floppy drive installed, then check the BIOS setup, that the diskette drive is disabled [off]. The BIOS could be looking for a diskette drive which is not there, so it returns the error message.

Check out this post, if the above does not correct the problem,

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_other&message.id=243301

Bev.

jcronin

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December 26th, 2005 18:00

I do not have a floppy drive.

How do I get to the BIOS to make any changes?

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ejn63

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December 26th, 2005 19:00

Power on, press F2. Set the floppy drive to "disabled" or "not installed".

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