floppy drive running intermittently

[Guest]

I just reinstalled XP Pro and most of my other programs. Now my floppy
drive runs for no reason at all sometimes several times a minute. It did
not do this before I reformatted and most of the same programs are
installed. No new programs. Any ideas on how to fix this?

I know it is NOT NAV causing this. Also I have rebooted MANY times and it
keeps happening.

Thanks

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I just reinstalled XP Pro and most of my other programs. Now my floppy
drive runs for no reason at all sometimes several times a minute. It did
not do this before I reformatted and most of the same programs are
installed. No new programs. Any ideas on how to fix this?

I know it is NOT NAV causing this. Also I have rebooted MANY times and it
keeps happening.

Thanks

Run msconfig.exe and untick every program (except the virus scanner)
under the startup tab, then reboot the machine. Now bring the programs
back in again, one at a time, until you find the culprit.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Go through the troubleshooting list here.

Floppy Drive - Is Active
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_f.htm#xp_floppy

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Terry]

I just reinstalled XP Pro and most of my other programs. Now my floppy
drive runs for no reason at all sometimes several times a minute. It did
not do this before I reformatted and most of the same programs are
installed. No new programs. Any ideas on how to fix this?

I know it is NOT NAV causing this. Also I have rebooted MANY times and it
keeps happening.

Thanks

Did you install anything from the floppy during the reinstall? My guess
is you have a shortcut (possibly in the Recent folder) pointing to the
A: drive and it keeps getting polled by Windows to locate it.

Do a registry search for MRU (it will check all of them) and remove any
a: drive references.


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Terry

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