Computer constantly accessing floppy drive

Hi there, you can see what happens while you boot up if
you wait for the logo screen to appear and then hit ESC.
Hope this helps.....Mike

>-----Original Message-----
>Is there a way to see just what is loading or what is
>happening when your computer is booting or shutting down.
>#1 just because I'm nosey,
>#2 is when I boot up something tries to read the floppy
>drive 3 times, it just growls away for a second or two.
>When I shut down it does this also. My NAV is not set to
>scan drives on boot. I thought this would also be a
great
>troubleshooting tool to be able to see exactly what is
>loading or starting and when.
>.
>

[Frank Jelenko]

Most BIOS's have an option to 'seek floppy' during the boot sequence. It
happens fairly early in booting - while there's still white characters on a
black background.

This 'seeking the floppy' lasts [my estimate] 1-2 sec.
> wrote in message
...
> Hi there, you can see what happens while you boot up if
> you wait for the logo screen to appear and then hit ESC.
> Hope this helps.....Mike
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Is there a way to see just what is loading or what is
> >happening when your computer is booting or shutting down.
> >#1 just because I'm nosey,
> >#2 is when I boot up something tries to read the floppy
> >drive 3 times, it just growls away for a second or two.
> >When I shut down it does this also. My NAV is not set to
> >scan drives on boot. I thought this would also be a
> great
> >troubleshooting tool to be able to see exactly what is
> >loading or starting and when.
> >.
> >