Before panicking like a headless parrot, take the floppy diskette out of the floppy drive, you feckwhit.
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Originally posted by zeitghost View PostBefore panicking like a headless parrot, take the floppy diskette out of the floppy drive, you feckwhit. -
I found it once I'd located the emergency boot disk at the bottom of the desk drawer.
And it wouldn't fit into the drive.
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I did the same the other week - not even getting as far as the BIOS screen.
Then I remembered that I was charging my phone from the USB socket, and it was trying to boot from there.Comment
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Originally posted by zeitghost View PostBefore panicking like a headless parrot, take the floppy diskette out of the floppy drive, you feckwhit.
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostI did the same the other week - not even getting as far as the BIOS screen.
Then I remembered that I was charging my phone from the USB socket, and it was trying to boot from there.
Guess what happens when you release that disk from the backup system?
It comes back as A:
And if you have 2 such USB drives allocated for backup, and you cancel backups completely, they come back as A: and B:
You couldn't make this stuff up.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Originally posted by PRC1964 View PostYou still have a working floppy drive? I'm not even sure that I still have a CD drive.
We're up to date here I'll have you know.
And they're not 8" or 5.25" either. <preen>Comment
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Originally posted by Sysman View PostYou couldn't make this stuff up.sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice - Asimov (sort of)
there is no art in a factory, not even in an art factory - Mixerman
everyone is stupid some of the time - trad.Comment
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I've just remembered I intended to change that drive today.
For one I rescued out of a scrap pc.
I wonder if that one will work any better.Comment
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Originally posted by zeitghost View PostI found it once I'd located the emergency boot disk at the bottom of the desk drawer.
And it wouldn't fit into the drive.
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