Floppy Drive Troubles

[RedSirus]

I've tried helping my parents with a computer problem they're having, but I can't seem to find the problem.<br><br>Basically, the computer accesses the A: drive before it tries anything. Opening Internet Explorer, changing taskbars, opening just about any window, sending email, recieving email, etc.<br>They're using WindowsXP and have Norton Antivirus running. At first I thought it might be Norton, but when I disabled it, the problems persisted. I'm lost. Oh, and it's been going on as long as they can remember (likely from first install, the computer's only a few months old). It Started with Win98SE, but they upgraded to XP-Pro since then.<br><br>Any ideas? <p><center><table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=5><td><img border="0" src="http://www.xmenclan.org/avatars/t2red.g ... ><td><font size=5>RedSirus<a href=mailto:redsirus@dragontalonmercs.com>@</a></font><br><br><a href=http://www.dragontalonmercs.com>Dragon Talon Mercenary</a> > <a href=http://server2.ezboard.com/bdragontalon ... ><br><font size=2><a href=http://pub18.ezboard.com/bdtmonlinecommunity>DTM Community</a> > <a href=http://pub18.ezboard.com/fdtmonlinecomm ... s>RedSirus' Reviews</a></font><br><br><a href=http://www.xmenclan.org>Brainwashed Fishmonger</a> > <a href=http://pub3.ezboard.com/bxmenclan>Forum ... </p><i></i>

[XMEN Gambit]

I'm guessing here, but some sort of file association or system file might be registered to the A: drive. How that would happen, I don't know. <p><img src=http://www.xmenclan.org/xmengambit.gif border=0 align=left>XMEN member<br>Card-carrying DTM<br>OKL Fish-napper<br><br><br>Though a program be but three lines long,<br> someday it will have to be maintained.<br> <i>- The Tao of Programming</i><br>Life is complex; it consists of real and imaginary parts.</p><i></i>

[XMEN Iceman]

That is also a symptom of MS Fastfind being on. It tries to index everything to speed up access. I will do some research on this for you. Will let you know.<br><br>Check this Red:<br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.createwindow.com/wininfo/flo ... <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>And this:<br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.computing.net/windowsme/wwwb ... <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br> <p><table border="0"><tr><td><embed align="left" src="http://www.thzclan.com/avatars/ezice.swf" menu="false" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="217" height="166" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/dow ... <td><table border="0" style='Filter: Shadow(Color=#BB1403,Direction=255)'><tr><td><span class='usertitle'>XMEN Iceman [DTM]<br>Founder and Leader of the Base Tribes XMEN Clan<br>Proud member of the Dragon Talon Mercenaries teamplayers Guild<br>Citizen of New Fenecia<br><br>"You weren't much of a challenge" - T2 bot after killing Iceman<br><br>- click on avatar for links - no, not sausage links!</span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub3.ezboard.com/uxmeniceman.sho ... ge=EN>XMEN Iceman </A>&nbsp; <IMG SRC="http://www.nickandsarah.com/xmen.gif" BORDER=0> at: 8/30/02 1:48:52 pm<br></i>