Error with hard drive or floppy drive
Run ScanDisk on the hard drive or floppy disk drive.
- How to use Microsoft ScanDisk.
Bad hard drive or floppy drive
If, after running ScanDisk on the hard drive, the same issue continue, replace the hard drive.
- Computer hard drive buying tips.
If, after running ScanDisk on the floppy drive, the same issue continue, or if the floppy has errors, discard the bad floppy disk.
- Floppy disk drive buying tips.
Related information
- How to recover missing, lost, or deleted files.
- See our floppy disk and floppy drive definitions for further information on each of these terms.
- Hard drive help and support.
- Floppy drive help and support.