Try this microsoft knowledge base article: http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q216752 I'm back with this thread again, sorry! Whenever i use the Search or R/click 'Open With' feature in my WinMe, my floppy drive runs for what seems an eternity. I have tried all the suggestions made in the past, and success was only very short lived. Can I disable the floppy drive via the BIOS? Should I change the order of it? Would doing this create other problems, like if it becomes necessary to use the Emergency Start Up disk? TIA Rick To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/