Have a Dell Inspiron 530. At the start he said Distette Drive 0 seek failure. Press f1 to get to boot.__How can it be fixed?

Am running windows Vista Home Premium

Hi Bartamus premium,
 
The error tells you that your "floppy" disk is not seen at the start.
 
I guess that most of you do not have a floppy drive. Thus, you must restart the system and boot in the BIOS Setup screen. Disable the boot disk and make sure your hard disk is properly perceived. This majority happen usually when the battery on the motherboard is removed or died. Or when a reset has been made in the BIOS configuration screen.

Warning of the BIOS:
BIOS change / semiconductor (CMOS) to complementary metal oxide settings can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from starting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the configuration of the BIOS/CMOS settings can be solved. Changes to settings are at your own risk.

Aziz Nadeem - Microsoft Support

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