Floppy Disk Drive Installation

[Ulysses Hardy]

Recently I installed a TEAC 3.5" floppy disk drive (Mod. 245 0405). After
installation, the drive letter (A showed in My Computer, Windows Explorer
and Device Manager of System Properties (no conflicts). The drive read a
inserted floppy disk.

I run WinXP Home SP2 on a Sempron 2200+ with 1.5GHz, 320MB, RAM.

Since installation of the drive, there is a barely noticeable-to-very
noticeable sound coming from the drive as its power light flash at computer
startup/reboot and turnoff. I don't know if the sound is normal or not for
this model. Or the drive is/is not compatible with the OS.

I just feel like I'm missing something because this is my first experience
with hardware installation. Plus, this particular sound was not previously
heard.

Can someone please provide some insight prior to my checking the
manufacturer's web sight.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

It is normal for the floppy drive to "spin-up" during boot. Most PCs have
BIOS options to "Seek Floppy Drive" during boot and also to allow the floppy
drive to "boot" thr PCs (see Boot Sequence).

Also, a lot of ant-virus utilities (like Norton AntiVirus) have a setting
to "Scan Floppy Disk at Shutdown". You should be able to turn this off.

 

[Ulysses Hardy]

Thanks for all your helpful comments. The sound is now barely noticed
during all incidence of startup and shutdown. Thanks once again.