Floppy Drive

[Lavert]

How to keep windows XPSP2 Home Edition from accessing floppy drive? Any
help w/b appreciated.

 

[Guest]

you're trying to prevent the floppy from being used by someone else?

 

[Lavert]

No. But when I try to open say a text file in Windows Explorer it goes to
floppy drive before opening the file. Thanks for your reply.

 

[Guest]

What is the current location of the text file?
what is the path?

 

[Lavert]

C:\boot.ini is an example.

 

[Guest]

So when yuo go to the root directory ("C:\") and dbl click or try to open
"boot.ini", the computer tries to access the "A" drive?

It doesn't not actually open the file.

 

[Lavert]

At the same time floppy is accessed the file is opened. It even accesses
floppy when I click on file and then close. Thanks again.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

See this.

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

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[Guest]

is there a floppy in the drive?

if not, i would think you would get an error.

 

[Lavert]

Wes:

Thanks for your reply. I went to web site you mentioned. I processed all
of the options listed. Nothing changed. On option 8 listed on the web
site, I set PC to boot first to drive C. I have a HP Pavillion computer and
the Boot Section does not show an option to turn off floppy drive seek at
boot. I am wondering if accessing floppy drive is peculiar to HP computers.
For Dixionian69. No floppy disk was in the drive and I am getting no error.
Thank both of you for responding.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Go through the list again.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_f.htm#xp_floppy


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