09-12-2003, 10:55 AM | #1 (permalink) |
The GrandDaddy of them all!
Location: Austin, TX
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XP Checks Floppy Drive...Why?
After I bootup and reach my desktop, xp tries to look in my floppy drive and see what is in there.
I can understand why it would do this during boot to see for a system disk, but why would it do it after I'm loaded? I've heard that this could be a symptom of a virus, but I have no idea what it could be. Any suggestions are welcome.
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09-13-2003, 06:15 AM | #4 (permalink) | |
Dumb all over...a little ugly on the side
Location: In the room where the giant fire puffer works, and the torture never stops.
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simple suggestion: remove the floppy. I've considered removing mine, since it gets used maybe once a month, at most. Just havent gotten around to it yet.
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09-13-2003, 08:18 AM | #5 (permalink) |
In Your Dreams
Location: City of Lights
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I've removed my floppy and have had very very little need for it. The_Dude, I think you're at college.. meaning you're on their network. I've found that if you have that and a CD-Burner (w/ a CD-RW disk) you're fine. Anything I do in the comp labs at uni I just copy to my computer up at res (dorms). Anything I need to take to someone else (i.e. install programs for someone else's computer, files for class, whatever) I just burn to a CD and it's fine. Very easy.
As for the actual reading of the floppy drive: if you have an anti-virus program installed, it may do periodic (or initial if it only reads after a bootup) checks of the floppy to make sure there's no viruses just sitting on it. |
09-14-2003, 05:25 PM | #9 (permalink) |
The GrandDaddy of them all!
Location: Austin, TX
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I do have a 52x rw drive and a compact flash drive, but nothing comes to the ease of use of a floppy.
Flashcards come close, but the school pc's dont have flash drives. They do, however, have zip drives, but I dont have one on my pc. Maybe once i get a zip drive, I will remove the floppy.
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09-15-2003, 05:52 AM | #14 (permalink) |
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Location: Dallas
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Another reason - Any application that you have used that you once saved or read on the floppy drive. If the file is still in the recently opened list, it can cause the Floppy to index on boot. Like someone above mentioned, I disable my floppy drive.
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