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Thread ID: 14534	2002-01-11 08:44:00	Floppy Disc Drive Problem Still!!	Guest (0)	Press F1

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30769	2002-01-11 08:44:00	Thanks for the answers from Gerard and e_ . Have done what you said but problem is still there (floppy drive sounding like machine gun fire for about 5 secs every time I start up.) I've tried disabling 'search for new floppy drive' under the performance tab in the file system but every time I go back to it the check box is ticked again. I've also turned off the 'floppy seek at boot up' under the bios setup. Any clues??	Guest (0)
30770	2002-01-11 09:46:00	Hi Phil Your problem is that you have a programme that insists on polling the floppy drive on start up and It can be a real sod to find out which application during startup is doing this. My advice is thus.. Go search for a programme(free)called Filemon.. Its a file monitoring program that track disk access saying who access what and when.Using this you will find what application is causing you grief and then you can deal to that application with the fustration it truly deserves. ==Orac==	Guest (0)
30771	2002-01-11 18:49:00	Does it do it before your OS loads? if it does you could change boot seek in bios from 'a--c' to 'c--a' and see if that works. If it happens as the OS is loading, are you using W2k OS? My W2k always checks the floppy as it loads up, bloody annoying.	Guest (0)
30772	2002-01-12 01:20:00	A couple of possibilities, depending on what stage of the boot process the floppy activity happens. If you have opened or saved files from the floppy disk directly, there could very well be a history item or shortcut that points to the drive and Windows is trying to update that link each time it starts. The fix might be as simple as clearing your recent documents list. TweakUI from MS can comprehensively delete recent links and shortcuts. Another possibility could be your antivirus software is trying to scan the floppy on startup. The fix there would be to change the preferences to turn off that feature if enabled and scan your disks manually. Hope it helps ;-)	Guest (0)
30773	2002-01-13 00:48:00	Also if you've been running DOS programs from the floppy it can create entries in C:\WINDOWS\PIF which can cause it. They are safe to delete they are just settings for the dos box (size, memory etc).	Guest (0)
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