1.44 floppy

The only thing i can think of to try is go to the bios and change the first boot to hard drive instead of floppy this may stop that.

Good luck

This usually is because A: has been included in the path statement.
When the Operating System can not find a file, it uses the path statement as the basis for its search.
A: should not be included because now not many people keep their data on floppies. (Remember the original IBM PC, things have changed.)
A quick edit of the path statement will fix this.
The old program "sysedit.exe" is fine for this task.
Regards, Chris

Many times, Windows goes out and checks that the shortcuts for recent files are still intact.
If you copied, opened, or saved any files to/from a floppy, Windows will continue to look for the files.

Also, many virus scanners poll the floppy drive on a regular basis.

You can reduce the floppy seeks, by disabling the floppy scan feature in your virus scanner;
Disable fast find for MS Office;
Edit the registry, and remove links to the floppy drive. (CAUTION editing the registry can disable your PC, proceed with caution.)

For W98, you can disable floppy seek in System Properties / Performance / drives.
On the floppy tab, check disable as needed.
(I'm on a XP box right now, so I can't provide details.)

Chas

If you have virus software installed, look at the settings. Some come by default to check the floppy drive every so often. Check your settings and see if thats the problem. Hope this helps!

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