floppy drive searches for disk 3

[thebigragu]

Ever since I finished building my computer, it occasionally (especially when its been on for awhile) "seaches" for a floppy disk. There's no on screen prompt, just the annoying buzz from the a drive. Is there something in BIOS I need to change?

Thanks!

 

[TheGrey]

Could be a virus, or even a virus scanner.

 

[dinosnake]

I apologize for short answers. Just broke my wrist.

- If on network, sharing activated on floppy, OS searches floppy to update network re:status. Unshare floppy.

- Virus scanner set to check floppy based on time. Turn off option.

- Option set in Windows Scheduler to operate on floppy. Check Schedule & turn off.

- Virus. Least likely - most will wait for you to access drive to aviod drawing attention to itself. Check system if none of above.

Other things possible. Let me know if none of above work.

Thxs. Your mileage may vary...

 

[jmatt]

Accessing the floppy drive .

Q My computer frequently accesses the floppy drive when there is no reason for it to do so.
Do you know how 1 can stop this from happening?

A Unfortunately , there's no one cause or cure for this common annoyance . But here are a few
potential remedies .

1. At some point, you may have told Windows to check for something drivers or on the A:
drive - and never told it to stop looking . Correcting this is easy : the next time Windows
accesses your Windows gives me an error message , floppy drive , pop a disk into the drive .
Double-click the icon for drive A: then close the window , double-click on the C: icon , remove
the floppy disk.

2. Your anti-virus software may be configured to scan drive A: automatically, whether there
is a disk in the drive or not . To check Norton AntiVirus , for example, click the Options
button . On the Scanner tab , click the Advanced button . Uncheck All removable drives .
Click OK twice .

3. Something on your recent documents list makes Windows check A:. Don't bother to track
down the perpetrator - just wipe out everything in that folder ( you won't lose any data ). To
do this , right-click the taskbar , select Properties , click the StartMenu Programs tab , click
Clear in the Documents menu box , and then click OK .

4. Desktop shortcuts pointing to a file or program on A: can also trigger this pointless
access . The fix: select Desktop in Windows Explorer , and select Start-Find-Files or Folders .
In the Named field, enter *.Ink, *.pif
Then, for the Containing Text field , enter a: and click Find Now . Delete all of the shortcuts
you find , or at least move them either off the Explorer Desktop or out of the Start menu .

5. If you use Microsoft Office97, the FindFast utility could be causing the problem . To
find out , select Start-Settings-Control Panel , then double-click the FindFast icon . Once the
applet is up , see whether drive A: is on the list of indexes . If it is , highlight it
and-select Index-Delete Index . Click OK twice , and then close FindFast and the Control Panel .

6. Right Click My Computer, select Properties.
Hit Performance tab, then hit File System.
Floppy Disk Tab - uncheck "search for new floppy drives etc...."

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