Antivirus trying to scan A:\? Try using MSCONFIG to see if it's a startup
program. If you need instructions try reading my Clean Boot articles (site
in my sig), or ask for detailed instructions.

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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Stan Hilliard" wrote in message
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On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:48:53 -0400, "Bill Blanton"
wrote:

"Stan Hilliard" wrote in message
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This started in the last few days. The empty floppy drive (A grinds
away for about 10 seconds at startup. What could have caused this and
how can I stop it?

There's a switch inside that tells the system that a disk is in the drive.
Perhaps it is stuck?

Try putting a floppy in and then ejecting it to possibly "unstick" the
switch.

Clean the drive.

Replace the drive.

Or, by "startup" do you mean the Windows startup? If so, that's usually
a software matter with some process wanting to access the disk.

It starts after the desktop finishes loading and the lower right tray
finishes loading.
Stan Hilliard