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| Thread ID: 38237 | 2003-10-01 08:19:00 | Floppy drive going berserk | nhut (4140) | Press F1 |
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| 179555 | 2003-10-01 08:19:00 | Often, my floppy drive goes funny, as if it's trying to access a disk that's not there. And it's very persistent! I have to stick a disk in it to shut it up. Sometimes restarting the computer fixes it, but it will start again at a seemingly random moment. I don't think it's a software problem, as I've scanned for viruses with Norton (up-to-date), run Adaware just in case, but it hasn't helped. This is an ageing Dell PIII 733MHz. (Past warranty, obviously.) Dell refuse to help. |
nhut (4140) | ||
| 179556 | 2003-10-01 10:49:00 | you may have recently saved a file to the floppy drive and it's still trying to access it; here's 2 things that I would try: 1. Clear the documents menu - right click on the taskbar and you can clear the document history from the properties box. 2. Go into device manager and remove the floppy drive entry, restart the machine and it will redetect the drive. This may solve it. good luck! |
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| 179557 | 2003-10-01 22:09:00 | I should also mention that this has happened for months, and I have WinXP Pro. I've just tried that. I guess it's a waiting game to see if it pops up again. Let's see. |
nhut (4140) | ||
| 179558 | 2003-10-02 21:30:00 | May have to go into bios and reset it to a lower priority could a virus checker ? last resort is to pull out the power cable to it until you need it again | kiwibeat (304) | ||
| 179559 | 2003-10-03 08:34:00 | Have you gone in to the task manager and ended any prossess that might seem sispicous. | ilikelinux (1418) | ||
| 179560 | 2003-10-03 12:39:00 | Disable floppy seek in the Bios. | Mzee (158) | ||
| 179561 | 2003-10-03 14:17:00 | nhut, do you use Norton AntiVirus? | Pheonix (280) | ||
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