floppy disk error

[allan16]

I have a laptop connected to a docking station
with an a external floppy drive

This the error that we get when user logs in


- ERR 5: error finding v floppy.sys
ERR 8 : fake floppy driver not found

 

[allan16]

sorry...the floppy drive is part of the docking station

 

[nuke]

Check Event Viewer for details on the errors.

 

[allan16]

Where on the event viewer should I check for errors ?

 

[Osiris]

If you use drive image, you will receive this error because when the choice is made to backup a partition, Drive Image rewrites the MBR (Master Boot Record) of your hard drive creating a 'virtual' floppy disk being loaded which allows Drive Image to run and make the image. When it completes the image, it is suppose to rewrite the MBR so that you boot normally but in this case, that step was missed which has created these error messages.

A common reason for this can be that Windows XP has been set up to compress files on NTFS partitions. Here is how you can confirm that this is the problem:

Go to: Program Files\PowerQuest\DriveImage 2002\VFD folder
Select all of the compressed files displayed in blue, then right click one of them and remove the check mark in the "Compress contents to save disk space".
Click OK
Once all of the files are decompressed, click OK once again.
Run Drive Image 2002 again and make another drive image. Drive Image should now be able to run its course and clean up what it couldn't before.
If the above isn't the cause of the errors, then the best way to fix this would be to use the Recovery Console to re-write the MBR. Here's how:

For Windows 2000/XP Users:

Insert your Windows CD
Go to Start>> Run. Type in: FIXMBR [Enter]