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re: Complains That "Drive B" Not Ready Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 8:27 pm Posted by DEX (11847 messages posted) Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites Click Here 1st. check your BIOS setting, you may have a progam installed that's looking for the B drive,,check the list of programs you have and are loading up at boot...at one time windows got the command from one of your programs...now it looking for it.. Check your reg.file for the command ( RUN ) ===== Are you a wood worker ?,if so Click Here On Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 8:06 pm, gpremo wrote: >On booting, W2k complains that "Drive B" is not ready. >I don't have a "Drive B" and don't want a "Drive B". > >The complaint prevents the computer from booting without manual intervention to dismiss >the complaint, which prevents rebooting remotely. > >How can I stop W2K from so stopping the booting process? > >I've gone in Administrative Management, but it lists no drive B. On Explorer, a >drive B is shown as a floppy, but why it shows, I don't know. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Complains That "Drive B" Not Ready Friday, August 22, 2008 at 9:37 am Posted by C K (6910 messages posted) Boot into your BIOS setup and disable the secondary floppy drive setting (B). Windows gets it's cue for the drives reported as enabled or installed from the BIOS. If that isn't an issue, it gets more complicated after that. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Complains That "Drive B" Not Ready Friday, August 22, 2008 at 2:00 pm Posted by gpremo (19 messages posted) Thank you, it was the BIOS. The BIOS said there was a Drive A floppy, but there is no floppy on this computer. P.S. How does one get into the BIOS if you have a USB Keyboard? Luckily, I had the old PS2 keyboard around to hook up so the computer would know that the Delete key was being pressed during boot up. On Friday, August 22, 2008 at 9:37 am, C K wrote: >Boot into your BIOS setup and disable the secondary floppy drive setting (B). Windows >gets it's cue for the drives reported as enabled or installed from the BIOS. > >If that isn't an issue, it gets more complicated after that. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Complains That "Drive B" Not Ready Friday, August 22, 2008 at 2:04 pm Posted by gpremo (19 messages posted) Thank you, it was the BIOS. The BIOS said there was a Drive A floppy, but there is no floppy on this computer. On Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 8:27 pm, DEX wrote: >Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites > >Click Here > > > > >1st. check your BIOS setting, you may have a progam installed that's looking for >the B drive,,check the list of programs you have and are loading up at boot...at >one time windows got the command from one of your programs...now it looking for it.. > >Check your reg.file for the command ( RUN ) > >===== > > > > Are you a wood worker ?,if so Click Here > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Complains That "Drive B" Not Ready Friday, August 22, 2008 at 3:02 pm Posted by C K (6910 messages posted) Depends mostly on the age of the computer, or if the BIOS has a legacy setting for a USB KB to be used. If there is no option to use a USB KB for POST startup to enter the BIOS, you have no choice but to have a PS2 KB available in case you need to get into the BIOS. Some motherboards won't play well with a USB to PS2 adaptor either but some will. So you could try one of those to see if it works. I've seen newer computers that didn't have the legacy option for USB when they had PS2 KB ports but those have been few. I would say, check your manual to see what options you have for a USB KB and whether your BIOS has a setting to support a USB KB in what is usually called a "legacy" mode. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Complains That "Drive B" Not Ready Friday, August 22, 2008 at 3:07 pm Posted by DEX (11847 messages posted) Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites Click Here You can download drivers to load it up at boot but it's a pain just keep your old keyboard on hand :) Keep it simple... ======== Are you a wood worker ?,if so Click Here On Friday, August 22, 2008 at 2:00 pm, gpremo wrote: >Thank you, it was the BIOS. The BIOS said there was a Drive A floppy, but there >is no floppy on this computer. > >P.S. How does one get into the BIOS if you have a USB Keyboard? Luckily, I had the >old PS2 keyboard around to hook up so the computer would know that the Delete key >was being pressed during boot up. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Complains That "Drive B" Not Ready Friday, August 22, 2008 at 3:11 pm Posted by C K (6910 messages posted) Drivers aren't loaded at POST which is where you would have to hit the delete key to get into the BIOS, which is the OP's problem here. He either has a USB legacy emulation setting in the BIOS that will allow a USB KB to be used at POST, or doesn't, which means he needs to be connected to a PS2 KB to recognize any KB commands/key presses. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum