Floppy spins at startup

ryanoj

Hi all, I've noticed something recently, when I start xp the floppy drive spins maybe 4 or 5 times before my desktop settles down. Also about the same time windows fails to load occasionally, the blue bhttp://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/images/smilies/confused.gif
ar goes on forever. Is it a virus or a hardware prob? Any thoughts appreaciated.

aidan_walsh

Windows usually checks for a bootable floppy disk on start up, I know my XP does.

_CreeD_

Your Antivirus likely has an option for Scan floppy on start and shutdown, may aswell disabled it.

Most PC's are configured in the BIOS to check for a bootable floppy before loading windows from the hard disk.

If you don't want it to check, you can always change the boot order in the Bios. When the PC boots up the screen will display which button to press to enter setup, usually ESC or F1

Gadgetman496

ryanoj wrote:

Hi all, I've noticed something recently, when I start xp the floppy drive spins maybe 4 or 5 times before my desktop settles down. Also about the same time windows fails to load occasionally, the blue bhttp://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/images/smilies/confused.gif
ar goes on forever. Is it a virus or a hardware prob? Any thoughts appreaciated.

Open Windows Explorer & do a search for a folder called "Recent"
Make sure that you set the search to check for "Search System Folders" & "Hidden Files & Folders", you can check these options on under the "More Advanced Options" of the search feature.

When you find the folder(s) called "Recent" check it to see if there are any references at all to your floppy drive. If there are? just delete them & restart your system.
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jor el

People still use Floppy disks :eek:

I do remember my virus scanner used to do a search for floppy disks on startup and shutdown, in order to make sure an infected bootable disk wasn't in the drive. Strange that this would cause Windows to fail to load though, never seen that happen. Could be another software problem, related or unrelated to the floppy.

Gadgetman496

jor el wrote:

People still use Floppy disks :eek:

jor el,

What other way would you suggest to load the Raid drivers on a new build?


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alphasolutions

gadgetman496 wrote:

jor el,

What other way would you suggest to load the Raid drivers on a new build?


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Create a bootable slipstreamed unattended win xp cd with the raid drivers and your win xp installation files, most new pcs dont come with a floppy drive.

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1703

Gadgetman496

alphasolutions wrote:

Create a bootable slipstreamed unattended win xp cd with the raid drivers and your win xp installation files, most new pcs dont come with a floppy drive.

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1703

Thanks for the Info. alphasolutions.

I'm going to try that for sure

jor el

nlite is a handy tool for doing that too.

My comment was said in jest though since floppys are almost archaic at this stage.

Gadgetman496

jor el wrote:

nlite is a handy tool for doing that too.

My comment was said in jest though since floppys are almost archaic at this stage.

I knew that joe el

But I actually had to use one recently in order to update the BIOS in an older PC. Is there any other solution for BIOS updating?

This is another helpful source for creating your own unattended disc.
http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/1/

alphasolutions link does cover the "Raid drivers" though.

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