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Floppy Drive
Name: Mike S/ Date: September 23, 2001 at 16:05:45 Pacific
Comment:
My computer often checks the floppy drive for prolonged periods of time for no explicable reason. Each time it causes the computer to slow down...how do I stop it from checking it all the time?
Name: Rich Date: September 23, 2001 at 16:13:41 Pacific
Reply:
My computer does something like that also. It usually does it right when I boot up. I just put a floppy disk in, and it stops. I don't think it's ever done it more than twice in the same session. Try it.
-Rich
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Response Number 2
Name: Al Date: September 23, 2001 at 16:26:28 Pacific
Reply:
First, in Device Manager/ Performance/ File System/ Floppy, Make sure there is no checkmark in "check for new floppy drives". Also, some older Anti Virus programs are constantly checking the floppy drives. Al
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Summary: I have a new Pentium 111 on an Asus P3B-F motherboard. Occasionally, when multitasking, the floppy drive begins to chatter on its own and continues to do so until I insert any 1.44 floppy diskette. ...
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