Re: A:\ not available error

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From: DellaCroce (DellaCroce_at_toast.net)
Date: 07/06/04 

Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 22:40:36 -0500

Thanks to all who replied. But I should have guessed the answer myself.
Norton Antivirus! Yup, I had forgotten that we had just put NAV 2004 on the
machine.

Tried bringing the machine up in safe mode. The floppy drive works great.
Next I told NAV to not load autoprotections or email scan, rebooted, and the
floppy works great.
I then turned it back on, rebooted, the floppy fails.
I uninstall NAV, Floppy works great.
I install NAV, the floppy works great.
I reboot after installing NAV, NAV starts its autoupdating of itself and
definitions, the floppy fails.
I turn off autoprotect and reboot, floppy works great.
I turn NAV autoprotect back on (BUT do not reboot) floppy still works.

conclusion -- Symantics NAV has a problem!!!!

Moral - Installations, even those that seem to go well, will bit you in the
*** in accordance with Murphy's laws every time.

Thanks again

Greg
"George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Have you looked in the BIOS setup to see if it is recognized there? The
BIOS setup is specific to the machine you are using. 

-- 
George Hester
__________________________________
"DellaCroce" <DellaCroce@toast.net> wrote in message
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> I have a strange problem.  This morning one of my machines (Win2000Pro)
> started giving me the error "A:\ not available   Incorrect function" when
I
> try to pull a directory of a floppy, or even access it.    Could someone
> point me towards a solution?   I have tried removing the driver and
> rebooting, with no effect.   I tried unplugging it and rebooting, still no
> effect.   I am thinking that my next step is to reinstall Win2000Pro (and
SR
> 4) and see if that works, but I would rather not.
>
> -- 
> Greg Della-Croce
>
>

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