Odd floppy drive behavior

From: Stephen Harris (stephen.p.harris_at_sbcglobal.net)
Date: 08/07/04 

Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 11:14:05 GMT

I downloaded a small file and saved it directly to the floppy drive
and later removed the floppy.

Later, I decided to download a larger file... Uusually there is a
dialogue about where you want to save the file.

No such dialogue occurred. The floppy drive was buzzed
for at least 30 seconds before I cancelled the download
with Ctrl-Alt-Delete. This happened at different sites and
with different files. The buzzing even went into high gear.
By buzzing, I mean the green light comes on and the drive
is checked which typically produces a distinctive noise.
It seemed like the process was stuck on detecting the floppy.

Finally, I reinserted a disk into the floppy which brought
up the download file dialogue. At first attempt, it would not
let me change the location of where the downloaded file
would be stored. The second time it allowed me normal
options of where to store the download file (disk inserted).

I have win xp pro with sp1 and all the updates.
Does anyone else experience duplicate behavior?

Regards,
Stephen

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