Microsoft Outlook may appear to unnecessarily access the floppy disk drive.
There are several reasons Outlook may try to access the floppy disk drive:
To access a personal folder
To save archive information
To access a reminders sound fileWordMail may be searching for a template on the drive.
Journaling Office documents opened from diskette
On the Outlook Tools Menu, click Services.
Click to select Personal Folders, and then click Properties. Verify the path to the personal folder.Repeat steps 1-3 for each personal folder.Personal folders can have different names. To be certain you are checking the path of every personal folder in your messaging profile, look at the Properties for each personal folder listed on the Services Tab.
Outlook May Attempt to Archive Information to the Drive
On the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the AutoArchive Tab.Check the path to the Default Archive File.Reminders May Need to Access a Sound File on the Drive On the Tools Menu, clickOptions. Click the Reminders Tab.Check the path for Play Reminder Sound.WordMail May Need a Template on the Drive.On the Tools Menu, click Options. Click the E-mail Tab. If the "Use Microsoft Word as the e-mail editor" check box is selected, then check the path to the template. Click Template to check the location of the template. Office Files May Have Been Opened From a Diskette You may have opened files from other Office applications such as Word or Excel while Journaling is on for those program activities. NOTE: Due to the advanced file handling techniques employed with the Office family of applications, it isnot recommended that you routinely open and save Office documents using diskettes.
