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Disabling the floppy drive in XP Pro

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by rayazbaksh

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When I log into XP Pro, i can't access my Start Menu for about 30 seconds to a minute. When I can finally gain access to my Start Menu, I noticed that my floppy drive light came on...

Is there any way to disable the floppy drive when logging in?

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by thechas

Do you regularly save or retrive files to/from the floppy?
If so, what is happening, is that XP is looking to update/verify the recent files links.

You can verify this, by deleting the shortcuts for any files in the recent files list that were from the floppy.

Other possible causes include some virus scanners.

I am not at an XP box at the moment, but there are 2 other steps that you can take.

1. In BIOS settings, set the switch to report new floppy drives to windows to disable

2. Right click on My Computer, select performance, under file system, uncheck the box to look at /for floppy drives at boot.
(the exact clicks may be a little different, I will double check on my XP box latter today.)

Chas

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