Computer Trying To Access Floppy Drive While Opening Text Files?
Jul 21, 2005Whenever I try to open a .txt file from my c: drive in notepad, my pc tries to access the floppy drive. Does anyone know why and how to fix it?
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Keeps Trying To Access Floppy Drive
Sep 23, 2005Recently the computer has been trying to access my floppy drive both on boot up and when I shut down. There is no disk in the drive. The computer also gives no errors. It never used to do that. My concern is that something is set up incorrectly, in addition to it being annoying.I am contemplating formatting my HD and starting from scratch. But before I do any ideas what could be causing this?
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