> How can I tell? Would that fact that it won't read a single solitary
> floppy be a clue?
I'd open the computer up and check that the cables are firmly attached
to the floppy drive and the motherboard before writing the drive off.
> When I do a Windows disk check, it says it's fine.But it won't read any disks.
You've done a disk check on a floppy disk and Windows says it's fine?
Yet when you double-click on your floppy disk drive icon you can't read
the contents of the disk? (I'm assuming the disks are formatted and
contain data, of course.)
> I'm having trouble with my hard drives
> (and XP) at the moment, and I can't even boot a rescue diskette.
>
> Since I'm here, I'll ask you...I'm getting a "Non Systeme Disk Error",
> which I read in the help menu means Windows can't find itself (must be
> a trickle down from the 60's), and it's probably a hard disk problem.
>
It can also mean that your computer is set to boot from the floppy disk
drive before the hard drive and that the floppy drive contains a
non-bootable disk. Just removing the floppy disk fixes that problem. It
could also mean that it's trying to boot from a hard drive that doesn't
have a properly installed operating system on it - ie, the drive that
had Windows 98 on it and on to which you tried to copy Windows XP.
> My computer appears to be working fine and then--boom!--black screen
> and the disk error. However, along with that, I'm having these problems (have
> for about two weeks):
>
> 1. Clock is seriously losing time.
>
Sounds like the cmos battery on your motherboard needs replacing.
> 2. Floppy drive won't work
>
If all the cables are properly connected then it too needs replacing.
> 3. NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX/MX 400 drivers arent' working. (yellow check
> mark next to it in Device Manager). I've uninstalled, reinstalled,
> uninstalled, installed updated drivers, etc. Nothing works. (or if it
> does, it doesn't last. The new drivers won't work at all. It let me
> 'rollback' to the older drivers once and the checkmark went away. But
> now it won't ever rollback.
>
I really have no idea why the yellow check mark keeps coming back.
Strange! However, the GeForce 2 cards are pretty old - I think GeForce 8
cards are about to be released - so try downloading and installing
really old nvidia drivers for it, not the latest ones. Uninstall the old
drivers before installing, though.
> I have three hard drives and don't even know for sure which one is
> bad. I only know it's not the new one. ;)
>
> That's it. A freakin' nightmare.
> Can someone please help?
>
> TIA,
> Diane
>
Best wishes,
John.
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