Problem & Solution of CD-Drive & Floppy Disc
How to check that Floppy Disc is ok or not
CMOS
ü FDD Type 1.44
ü FDD Seek at boot ->E
ü Halt on-> All error
Floppy disk fails
Start PC Controller or
If LED glows once and no error message
Mechanism problem displayed
Start PC Controller or
If LED glows once and no error message
Mechanism problem displayed
FDD ok (Controller & Mechanism)
Not reading/writing
Different error of FDD (Windows)
Ø Drive not Ready
ü Data cable opposite
ü There is no disk in the drive
ü CMOS drive type incorrectly
Ø Non-system disk error [while Boot with floppy]
ü There is not bootable file on disk
ü IO.SYS or MS.SYS corrupted
Ø System Hanges
[Boot by Floppy]
MSDOS.SYS or IO.SYS corrupted
Data Error Reading Drives A:
Abort/Retry/Ignore/Fail
Abort-> Cancel the job and back the lid location. (A)
D:> dir a:
Message Abort
D:>
Retry-> Try to read data again®
Ignore-> skip the error & go forward (F)
Fail -> Cancels the task & go where user needs (F)
Disk I/O failure
ü Head damaged
ü Head dirty
ü Type mismatch
ü Floppy error
Disk not formatted
ü New diskette
ü Damaged track(track 0)
ü Alignment problem
ü Head dirty
But now all the floppies are IBM or special preformatted
Ø Inserted disk in drive
ü No disk in a drive
Head dirty
ü Insert the damaged disk in a drive
ü D:> dir a
Abort /Retry/Fail
5 Times
ü New diskette
ü Ok
Problem & Solution of CD-Drive
Drive letter not present in windows
Ø Jumper setting fault
Ø Power cable fault
Ø Instruction cable
Ø CMOS
Ø Both IDEàE
Ø CD-Drive detected
Ø Windows files or driver problem
Ø Try to install in Dos mode
Ø Boot by CD
How to activate the CD-Drive in Dos mode
Ø Boot by CD
Ø A: copy OAKCDROM.sys C:
Ø C: edit the config.sys
Drive =c:OAKCDROM.sys /D: mscd001
(Drive high) mscd000
Ø Edit Autoexec.bat
C:MSCDEX.EXE /D: MSCD001
If windows or driver problem
Ø Start windows
Ø Control panels
Ø SystemàDevices Manager
Ø Remove list of CD-ROM(no list)
Ø New hardware found
Ø Yes Next ànext àfinish
Ø No Add new hardware
o Detect
o Select proper devices
o Next
o Driver CD(file ) or select CD-ROM
o Finish
Drive letter is present read /mechanical problem
Ø Tray not opening/closing
Ø Button (Switch) faulty
Ø Motor fault
Ø Belt fault (Loose/Broken
Ø Pully & Gear problem
Ø Greasy layer over pully & belt
Ø Temperate tray
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