Problem with Windows accessing fdd frequently at odd times...

[daveleau]

Hi guys.
I have an HP I am working on and it is accessing the fdd very frequently. It is most noticable when I shut it down and when I open My Computer. The utility programs I use say it has a clean bill of health (after clearing up 160+ registry errors) and the hdd is defragged. This became more noticable after I unistalled NetZero's software. There are no duplicate drivers in Safe Mode. Any ideas?

System specs
HP 8160 (HP system model #)
Win 98 1st ed
Asus TX97-XV mobo
160 MB EDO 60ns
4.3GB 5.25 hdd
Zoom 56K ISA Dual Fax Modem
onbaord video (ATI Rage II+)
onboard sound (AD1816 Analog device)

Thanks
Dave

[thxmanu]

Do you have any kind of virus software installed (particularly McAffee)? Sometimes their screenscan options do strange things with the floppy. <edit> Also, it may be scanning for virus on startup and shutdown for ALL drives.<edit>

[This message has been edited by thxmanu (edited 05-25-2000).]

[Dave_H]

Hi Dave, hope everything is well with you. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif
If it's not the AV, hope one of these help.
http://www.annoyances.org/cgi-bin/ce-showtopic/005_037
Dave

[daveleau]

Thanks guys. All is well. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif The system does have McAfee and that is one of the things I have not uninstalled. He has MANY things in startup and AV is one of the things I left. I checked its options and saw nothing that indicated that it was scanning the A Drive but this version didnt really tell me that much one way or the other... http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif I will check that and the Win98 Annoyances (Thanks!). This should take care of it.
Thanks again-
Dave

[Nixona]

Dave,
run regedit and Scan the registry for "a:" See if theres anything in there making reference to it. Sometimes kid's put like backgrounds and screensavers on from disks, and every time you tyr and do something, it looks to the floppy drive. If you make a backup copy first, just delete everything referring to A: and see what happens, if it crashed just delete it, and rename the backup to the real thing.