Floppy Dillema

[Tom Crooze]

Any advice appreciated...

Just got a new computer with Gigabyte GA-K8SNC-939 Motherboard. The problem
is that on each boot , and shutdown, the floppy drive is accessed (i.e.
motor runs ).
The floppy drive is NOT selected as a boot option in the bios and the access
on boot comes just after the 'Loading Personal Settings" screen. On shutdown
, it is just before the end , not immediately on shutdown.

I seem to remember there was a Floppy Seek setting somewhere in Windows at
one time , but I can't seem to find it in XP SP 2. As it happens well into
the boot cycle, I don't think it's related to the motherboard . Any
suggestions ? Any and all Explorer windows that might display A drive are
closed as well.

TIA

 

[Jim]

Any advice appreciated...

Just got a new computer with Gigabyte GA-K8SNC-939 Motherboard. The
problem is that on each boot , and shutdown, the floppy drive is accessed
(i.e. motor runs ).

Isn't this the result of Windows trying to determine if there is a floppy
drive or not?. If I remember correctly, Win 3.1, Win 95, and Win 98 all
accessed the floppy during startup.
Jim