Floppy drive chatter on shutdown

[Hal Wexler]

Frequently my floppy drive chatters for several seconds
on turn-off and an End Program Now dialog box appears.
All programs and windows are closed before I start the
shutdown process.
Machine is a Dell Dimension 4550
2GH, 512MB RAM
XP Pro
TIA for any help!!!

 

[Terry]

On 1/4/2005 12:09 PM On a whim, Hal Wexler pounded out on the keyboard

Frequently my floppy drive chatters for several seconds
on turn-off and an End Program Now dialog box appears.
All programs and windows are closed before I start the
shutdown process.
Machine is a Dell Dimension 4550
2GH, 512MB RAM
XP Pro
TIA for any help!!!

A lot of anti-virus programs have their defaults set to check for
floppies and scan prior to shutdown. Check to see if that isn't the
culprit. I see that quite often and don't even think about it any more.

--
Terry

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[Tom Porterfield]

Frequently my floppy drive chatters for several seconds
on turn-off and an End Program Now dialog box appears.
All programs and windows are closed before I start the
shutdown process.
Machine is a Dell Dimension 4550
2GH, 512MB RAM
XP Pro
TIA for any help!!!

Typically anti-virus software will do a scan of the floppy drive on system
shutdown. Also typically they have an option to turn this feature off.
Check the settings for your AV sofware.
--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP Windows
http://support.telop.org

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