Boot TS - Floppy Disk Booted Instead of Hard Disk

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Boot TS - Floppy Disk Booted Instead of Hard Disk

Explanation: The system skipped trying to boot the hard disk drive and instead went to the floppy disk.

Diagnosis: This should only happen when the boot sequence is set to be A: before C:. Assuming you didn't get the boot sequence wrong, the hard disk not being accessed at all implies a problem of some sort with it. The system will continue booting, trying to load the operating system from the floppy disk. If there is no disk in the floppy drive, the system will halt the boot process due to not having a valid boot device.

Recommendation:

Double-check the boot sequence if appropriate.
Troubleshoot the hard disk drive.
Try booting from the floppy disk instead of the hard disk. Make sure there is a floppy disk in the drive and try rebooting.

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