Re: 3.5 Floppy hunting a lot

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

From: Carrie Garth (PostInGroup_at_invalid.cxg)
Date: 04/21/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 05:40:02 -0500

> "Bonnie" <JECElect@optonline.net.INVALID>
> wrote in message news:hq1b80httaahuvakusmtb6rc5dncer18is@4ax.com...
> <SNIP> For the last week or so, whenever I boot up, or shut down, or sometimes
> seemingly for no reason whatsoever, I hear the floppy drive humming & grunting, as
if
> it's hunting. <SNIP>

Perhaps you recently installed, or reconfigured, some third-party software that
searches your floppy, such as an anti-virus program.

To determine if the problem is caused by third-party software use the Startup Tab in
the System Configuration Utility (msconfig.exe). That is:

- Click Start, click Run, type msconfig in the Open box, and then click OK.
- Click the Startup tab.
- Click to clear all check boxes for third-party software except for one.
- Click OK, and then restart the computer when you are prompted.
- Repeat this process, selecting a different third-party software check box one at a
time then restarting your computer, until the problem occurs.