-=PCTechTalk=- Re: A-Drive Search

Hi Robert, well this seems to be the solution--no more grinding sounds and I 
thank you so much!  If it starts again I'll take John's suggestion regarding 
the BIOS, but I'm a little scared to go there, this simple solution is more my 
speed.--Glo
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robert Wiens 
  To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 8:22 PM
  Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: A-Drive Search



  Hi Glo
  This can sometime happen. If you had a floppy in dive
  'a' and using windows explorer you accessed that
  floppy then removed the floppy windows gets stupid and
  will continually search drive 'a' first and, if the
  drive is empty just grind the head against the stop.
  Try this, put a disk in drive 'a' then using windows
  explorer access the 'a' drive, with the floppy still
  in drive 'a' access any other drive 'c' for instance,
  at this time take the floppy from drive 'a' and close
  explorer. This    may stop the problem.
   
  --- "John E." <eejohne@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
  > 
  > Hi Glo,
  > Sometimes there is no response to a question because
  > nobody knows the answer. It happens. I am just
  > guessing but I think what you are observing is
  > normal.
  > Your computer when certain objects are selected
  > could
  > be looking for the operating system to give
  > instructions and it looks first to the A drive. You
  > could try at startup to enter the BIOS and change
  > the
  > order in which your computer looks for the OS. I
  > could
  > be totally wrong but maybe by my answer we can get a
  > dialogue going and find an answer for you.:-)
  > John E.
  > --- Glo <redowl@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
  > > Hi Gman,
  > >   I'd like to resubmit my question of 3/12 and
  > 3/15,
  > > to which I've rec'd no response at all--maybe this
  > > is just too simple a question and people thought
  > I'd
  > > figure it out for myself.  No such luck, it's
  > still
  > > happening!
  > >   After a recent reinstall of WinMe, I notice that
  > > when I click on "My Documents" or when I attach a
  > > file (to email) the computer searches the A Drive.
  >  
  > > It makes a sound, and I wonder if this harms the
  > > drive to search when it's empty?  Why does it do
  > > this?  I went somewhere in here and checked a box
  > > that's supposed to make it NOT search the A drive,
  > > but it still continues.  It's annoying, but mainly
  > > is it harmful?  Can ANYONE please help with
  > > this?--Glo
  > 
  > 
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