floppy drive chatter

[bigowl]

Whenever I try to shut down my computer (Windows XP), the
floppy drive tries to find the disk and continues to
chatter for too long. Sometimes, I insert the disk just
to stop the chatter as I believe the drive will
eventually have a problem. How do I stop the polling of
the floppy drive on shutdown and boot-up?

 

[Guest]

bigowl,

On shutdown and boot-up you antivirus application may be checking the floppy drive for potential viruses.
And on boot, BIOS maybe looking for a floppy to boot from.

Hope this helps.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Check the settings of your antivirus software, it is probably set to scan
this at startup and shutdown.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[bigowl]

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
bigowl,

On shutdown and boot-up you antivirus application may be

checking the floppy drive for potential viruses.

 

[bigowl]

Thanks...

-----Original Message-----
Hi,

Check the settings of your antivirus software, it is probably set to scan
this at startup and shutdown.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org




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