floppy drive spins ever so briefly for no apparent reason

[John]

For the past few days my floppy drive spins ever so briefly for no apparent
reason. It happens when I enter or exit a program, when I check my mail,
sometimes
when I enter or exit internet explorer. It did not do this a few days ago,
and it
is somewhat annoying. Any suggestion on how to settle that little sucker
down
would be appreciated.

OS: Windows XP, Home Edition, Service Pack 2

It's not my Anti Virus program nor is it Fast Find (don't have Microsoft
Office).

thanks

 

[Kelly]

Hi John,

Suggestions:

Check your recent documents that point to the A: drive. And/or try clearing
My Recent Documents.

Do a search for *.lnk, then delete any references to A: that are not "Send
To" or similar "shortcuts".

Right click the My Computer icon/Manage. Services and
Applications/Services/Shell Hardware Detection and set it to Automatic.

Go to: Start/Run/gpedit.msc/User Configuration/Administrative
Templates/Windows Components/Windows Explorer. In the right pane double
click Hide these specific drives from my computer. Enable then use the drop
box.

Do a Start/Run/CMD then type in the path command. Is a: listed in the search
path?

Some AV software will automatically scan the floppy drive at both startup
and shutdown.

This may be a reappearance of the NTFS bug on showing color.
Explorer, Tools, Folder Options, View uncheck
"Show encrypted or compressed NTFS folders in color"

In the BIOS set the PC to boot first to drive C, not the A. And also, go
into the boot section in the bios and and turn of floppy drive seek at boot.

Task Scheduler can cause floppy seeking on startup. Even is you choose to
*Stop using Task Scheduler* (but do not Disable the service) in the
Scheduled Tasks>Advanced Options, you
will still get the thrashing - you have to *disable* the
service altogether to get rid of the thrashing.

Log off then log back on.

Floppy Drive Seeks in Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_f.htm#xp_floppy


--
All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

 

[John]

Wow, Kelly thanks for the thorough reply. It looks like your first
suggestion, clearing
" My Recent Documents" did the trick. But just in case I've printed out
your complete list of suggestions which I'll file away just in case.

Thanks again!!

 

[Kelly]

Great, glad to hear it and you are most welcome, John. )

--
All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com