A: drive constantly in use

[ignatz]

I have seen anti-virus as well as findfast causing this.

>-----Original Message-----
>My floppy drive is going bonkers. Every few seconds,
>Windows XP home is looking for something on the floppy
>drive. If there is no disc in, the PC hangs for what
>seems like ages. The only way to stop the loud buzzing
>and constant hangs is to put a blank floppy disc in the
>drive. Not a permanent solution.
>
>It appears as if XP has set itself to look for
EVERYTHING
>on the A: drive first, then elsewhere.
>
>How to I return this setting to C: (my hard drive)?
>
>Ray
>.
>

[Maureen Goldman]

>"ignatz" > wrote:
>>My floppy drive is going bonkers. Every few seconds,
>>Windows XP home is looking for something on the floppy
>>drive. If there is no disc in, the PC hangs for what
>>seems like ages. The only way to stop the loud buzzing
>>and constant hangs is to put a blank floppy disc in the
>>drive. Not a permanent solution.

I'm guessing that you have a shortcut that is no longer applicable.

Try going to Find
You might as well use the advanced options.

Set it to look for *.lnk (that's LNK)
Text: a:\

If you find a shortcut, delete it.