What Causes the Error Message “Floppy Disk Failure”?
Though floppy drives are being phased out, they are still present on many older systems, networks, and personal computers. From time to time one or more factors can come into play that will cause the error message: Floppy Disk Failure. In many instances the problem can be solved quickly. A floppy drive reads floppy disks, typically 1.44 megabytes in capacity. Prior to memory sticks with their larger capacities and faster speeds, people used the humble floppy disk to transfer files and programs — even to save the day in the case of a hard disk crash. So why do floppy drives fail? When a computer is booted up a series of processes begin. The BIOS chip on the computer sends messages to installed hardware devices to make sure the devices are working properly. Floppy disk failure typically occurs at boot up if the system BIOS chip cannot initialize the floppy drive. This might happen for one of several reasons. First, check the BIOS configuration to make sure the floppy drive is enabled. O
