[slayerrulz]

I am running vista, on my dell inspiron 531. I have to Reboot with f1 on start-up, every time I start computer. I think it may be do to a song I downloaded. Because, I was having problems with my XP computer, I think do to this same problem. So I bought a new one and when I transferred all my music it started doing it on this computer.

HERE'S THE PROBLEM: When on start-up a black and white screen comes up an it says some kind of error on start-up and to press f1 to reboot. It always reboots fine and opens my desktop after I press f1.

Now should I go through my 1000+ songs and narrow it down by deleting and reinstalling them. Then delete that song? Or is there a fix I need as well as the song being deleted.

[TheOutcaste]

We need the exact text of the error message you see at boot.

[Rich-M]

That sounds like something wrong in hardware settings and a component not properly recognized.
I would enter the bios ( tap F2 continuously after pressing power button until you enter setup) and then reset optimum defaults but I also wonder if that isn't a virus or spyware also on one of the files .

[slayerrulz]

1.0.7
Main processor: amd athlon (tm) 64 x2 dual core processor 5600+
Memory testing: 3079168k ok+ 64m shared memory (Installed memory: 3145728k)
SATA 0 :samsung hd501lj cr100-12
SATA 1 :PBDS DVD+/-RW DH- 16w1s 2d14
SATA 2 :none
SATA 3 :none
Diskette drive 0 seek failure


strike f1 to retry boot, f2 for setup utility
11/09/2007- 1.0.7

[Triple6]

The problem is with your floppy drive. Does your computer have a floppy drive? If not you need to press F2 to enter the setup utility and disable the floppy drive by setting it to None or Disabled.

[JackDogg]

Originally Posted by Triple6

The problem is with your floppy drive. Does your computer have a floppy drive? If not you need to press F2 to enter the setup utility and disable the floppy drive by setting it to None or Disabled.

i used to get an error message "Press F1 to continue" displayed on my first boot screen. the error was due to the floppy's power connector from the PSU not having a good fit into the back of the floppy drive (its a sensitive fit). to avoid that F1 error message, i have to angle the floppy power lead upwards a bit where it connects to the floppy.

check all your power and cable connections.......

[slayerrulz]

Thank you all, the problem is fixed.
I disabled the floppy drive, and that solved the problem. I don't have any floppy disk drive on the computer, only CD drive, so it (Floppy Drive) is of no use to me anyhow I suspect.

[Rich-M]

Great you can mark this solved then in "thread tools" at top of post.

[Triple6]

Great, I din't think that Dell model had a floppy/