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Way too accessible A: drive!!
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davetech
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 Way too accessible A: drive!!
OK here's the question, I have this A: drive that is making me nuts. Whenever I go into My Computer or Windows Explorer, the system attempts to access the A: (Floppy) drive. It only does this once and that occurs after a reboot or initial startup. I've done all that I can think of (i.e. remove/replace the drive, uninstall/install, etc) but nothing works!! Anyone else have this problem or know how to fix it?
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 03-22-02 05:49 PM
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Hippo
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 I had something like this once,,,,,
 ,,,,it turned out to be a shortcut on my desk pointing to the A drive. Removed the - no longer needed - shortcut and end of problem.
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03-22-02 05:56 PM
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eljefe79
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It may be your anti-virus software. Look into your av configuration for an advanced setting to disable floppy scan on boot or shut-down. You may also want to change the active scan mode to limit resource use by eliminating active scanning of all files.
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There are many factors to cause it, u might need a little time to cool down and look into the system.
U will find out soon..
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03-23-02 02:03 PM
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darthw
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Have you tried clearing out the Recent files from the Documents list in the Start Menu. I had a PC that would access the A: drive sporadically for no reason and it was from a document listed in the Recent folder.
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03-23-02 02:17 PM
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Pavlov
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Had one that did this everytime you wanted to right click on anything. Turned out to be a virus. Update and scan.
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