Periodic operation of floppy drive A

[John]

I have XP Home ed. and every now and then--last time I noticed it was when
opening Outlook Express , my A (floppy) drive cycled on and went off
again--no error message or anything but never did that b4. Any suggestions
as to the cause??

Thanks,

John

 

[roger]

Hi John,

I have XP Home ed. and every now and then--last time I noticed it was when
opening Outlook Express , my A (floppy) drive cycled on and went off
again--no error message or anything but never did that b4. Any suggestions
as to the cause??

Floppy Drive Seeks in Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_f.htm#xp_floppy

Good luck