Re: Floppy A drive accessing too much

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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 13:58:33 -0700

Hi Ted and Ricardo.
No, Ted. You didn't say to format. I followed your directions to no avail.
As an extra attempt, I tried to have the drive recognize a different disk in
case it was looking for a particular volume name. That didn't work either.
Another person advised deleting driver and have the system reload upon
reboot. That didn't resolve anything either. The problem was my antivirus
program. I had it set to "exclude" drive A in On-Demand and Real-Time
scanning, but instead of leaving the drive alone, it was causing it to be
accessed constantly with a fast paced rattle noise during a selected C drive
On-Demand scan. I removed A drive from the exclusion list and now it's back
to normal.
I thank both of you for your help!
B.rgds,
Kevin

"Ted Zieglar" <teddyz@notmail.com> wrote in message
news:uKQh#Tu4EHA.4004@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Did I say to format the diskette?
> --
> Ted Zieglar
>
>
> "General Mailbox" <nospam@home.net> wrote in message
> news:uf9u7Hu4EHA.3648@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Thanks Ted.
> > Sounds good, but it didn't do the trick. I have done as advised and no
> > change. I inserted a disk and did a full format of a disk, closed the
> > window and rebooted. No change. I hope it isn't looking for one
> particular
> > volume number of the disk because I've likely reformated it by now.
> > Is there another way?
> > Kevin
> >
> > "Ted Zieglar" <teddyz@notmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:OLG4dnt4EHA.3908@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > At some point, you removed a diskette from the drive before the
computer
> > was
> > > finished with it. Now your computer is looking for closure. It wants
to
> > put
> > > this event behind it, so it can get on with life.
> > >
> > > Put a diskette in the floppy drive. Go to My Computer and double-click
> on
> > > the 31/2 Floppy icon. Close the window when it opens. When the light
> next
> > to
> > > your floppy drive has gone out, remove the diskette. Done.
> > > --
> > > Ted Zieglar
> > >
> > >
> > > "General Mailbox" <nospam@home.net> wrote in message
> > > news:%237H63it4EHA.1260@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > > Greetings.
> > > > My internal floppy A drive is checking for information at just about
> > every
> > > > access I request to my C drive. I noticed the additional checks,
but
> > > since
> > > > they were short in time, I didn't do anything about it. But now
that
> I
> > > wish
> > > > to do a full virus scan using installed software, the floppy drive
is
> > > > constantly banging around during the successful scan of the C drive.
> I
> > > made
> > > > sure to select only C drive to be scanned. Within the past month,
> I've
> > > > added a few software installations which may be the problem, but I
> have
> > no
> > > > restore points beyond 4 days ago. Is there something I can do to
> change
> > > > (reset) the drive to act as it should without having to work
backwards
> > by
> > > > uninstalling programs?
> > > > Thank you so kindly.
> > > > Kevin
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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