3.5" drive searches every 10-15 minutes!

[Brangwen]

Hi!

I remember reading some posts (many moons ago) on the problem of 3.5" floppy drives searching for data even when no diskette is in the drive, and how irritating it was to many. The system that is driving me nuts is composed of the following:

> M6TBA 440BX mobo with 333 MHz Celly
> 128 MB PC100 SDRAM
> 30 GB WD HD
> 100 MB IDE Zip Drive
> 40X CD-ROM
> DSI 56K V.90 ISA Voice/Fax modem
> HP Printer
> PCI Ensoniq soundcard
> Generic speakers
> Logitech cordless keyboard & mouse
> Win98se
> Norton Anti-Virus
> Couple photo programs, e.g., Adobe

I originally resolved the problem by disabling the "A" drive in the Award Bios CMOS setup. Worked fine, but my wife uses that computer and prefers not to be going in and out of Bios in between floppy drive use. Any known fixes would be appreciated!

Thx. Brangwen http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

[Dave_H]

Check the settings in Norton AV. There are a couple options in there that have to do with floppies. Here are some more things to try. http://www.annoyances.org/cgi-bin/ce-showtopic/005_037
Hope one of those helps for you. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif
Dave

[RenaissanceMan]

depending on what version...... McaFee antivirus will also cause your floppy to be activated.
you could try here just in case you were running that software http://www.mcafee.com

[Brangwen]

Thx for the responses. I'll give them a go and report the results.

Brangwen http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

[Caaf2935]

Mine doesnt do it quite that often, actualyl not much anymore but still sometimes for no reason. I dont have an antivirus on my comp....so whats up? Any suggestions?

[the_deacon]

i don't have mcafee or norton antivirus (i use inoculate it). my system tries to read my floppy drive at every booth and it is causing my start-up to run slower than normal. is there a way to disable it?

[techs]

i have heard tha Find Fast from ms office can do this too, try taking it out of startup