Re: Why is my 'A Drive' being accessed every 60s

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From: Kelly (kelly_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/17/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 23:15:04 -0600

Hi,

Right click the My Computer icon on the Desktop/Properties/
Hardware/Device Manager and remove the Floppy Disk Drive and Controller.

More suggestions listed here:

Floppy Drive Seeks in Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_f.htm#xp_floppy 

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Kelly
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"Kevin" <poettone@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:%23UwFVHP9DHA.2676@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> james wrote:
>
> > Why is my 'A Drive' being accessed every 60s. It is really annoying. My
> > computer is running XP home. It is a HP 2.5 gig p4
> >
> > The machine has been doing this from almost new (I Think) so I have
disabled
> > the drive under control panel . this works but is a pain if you have to
use
> > a floppy.
> >
> >
> >
> > TIA
> >
> >
> >
> > James
> >
> >
> >
> >
> James,
> I had this happen with Dell models one time. There was a fix, but can't
> remember, (its been a couple years ago) but I do remember they called it
>   "Phantom Drive Access", you may be able to find more searching using
> this as a term..
>
> Good Luck

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