🚀 go-pugleaf

Hi there Susan,

I take it that you have made sure that there is no floppy disk in the PC
when you have rebooted and have had the same message.

What it sounds like is that your BIOS has been set to only try and boot
from a floppy disk.

If you do not know how to use the BIOS then you will need to find
someone that does. Or if you are confident on your computer I could give
you instructions.

Normally (depending on what your PC is on boot up there will be a part
on the very first screen saying "Hit del to enter BIOS" or "Hit del to
enter CMOS". You need to do that and find the section (normally
"Advanced settings") where it allows you to either select the first boot
device, or the order to boot in. Change this to your C: drive first.

Some PC's need you to press F2 or another key to enter the BIOS.

I take it that this problem has just happened and that there was no
problem before. If that is the case then your Mother Board battery might
of died. Don't worry the battery is like a watch battery but inside the
PC.

You can check if it is dead by when you physically switch off the PC for
a while and switch it back on you will have the same problem! Another
way is to check the time and date in the BIOS. If it has stopped time
from when it was last on then the battery is dead.

If it is dead and you are confident with your PC you can open it up.
Find the Mother board ( the circuit board with the CPU on it) and where
the battery is on the board and replace it.

If this doesn't work or if it does work, try out the site
www.answersthatwork.com that is where I found this solution to my
problem, which sounds similar to yours.

Take care

Daniel Minton

Susan Delatorre wrote:

> I have a computer with win 95, but at start up the processor look for
> the files at A: drive and stops there, ask for ABORT, RETRIB OR
> FAIL?     Can anybody knows why doesn't go to C: drive and if you know
> how to fix it?  Thanks