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34705 2002-02-07 01:16:00 I had a system crash a couple of days ago, and since then, whenever the computer is rebooted it keeps reading the
A: drive when coming into the windows enviroment. Reads the drive for about 10 to 15 seconds before stopping.
Can anyone tell me if there is a way to stop this happening.
My operating system is 'Windows ME'

Dave
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34706 2002-02-07 02:32:00 Try disabling floppy seek at startup. You have to go into bios to do this. Guest (0)
34707 2002-02-07 06:22:00 Hi David

Also try/do, right click my computer, left click properties-performance-file system properties-floppy disk (tag) and uncheck 'Search for new floppy drives each time your computer starts.'

HTH

Murray
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34708 2002-02-07 18:26:00 Thanks for the replies.

It is being read during the last stages of windows loading, not a bios issue and I have checked that the 'search for floppy disk' is unticked, but still reads A: drive during boot up.

Dave
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34709 2002-02-07 22:02:00 I have noticed this effect if the A: drive was the current selected drive in Win Explorer when your system last shut down. Even if Explorer is not an active task it seem to lurk in background and checks its 'current' device:directory when it starts up.

jt
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