Win 2000pro always checks floppy drive

thepantychrist · 25-11-2002, 11:31 AM

Whe, deleting, copying, or choosing "properties" on ANY file or folder, Windows 2000 is does a quick check on the floppy drive - UBER ANNOYING, coz it takes time, and makes the most annoying sound.

tweak\'e · 25-11-2002, 11:42 AM

i have no idea if you can stop that in w2k or not but the other solution is to get a quiet floppy drive.

SKT174 · 25-11-2002, 12:50 PM

you could try putting a floppy in the drive .. it'll make those annoying things go away

thepantychrist · 25-11-2002, 02:31 PM

Yeah, I put a floppy in there... but it is still checking it, that's the annoying part, it takes a second or two to check, that's just a pain, surely I can stop it from whirring away.. It doesn't need to do it, so it shouldn't. HEELLLPPPP!

BIFF · 25-11-2002, 03:42 PM

mine doesn't. sounds like you have a virus scanner installed perhaps?? or an old version of find fast?

~qwerty · 26-11-2002, 01:27 AM

I think this problem is due to a program or possibly Win2k caching folders and files for faster access off drives. Sometimes it caches the A: and always checks on it.

I can't remember the steps to stopping it as it was a while ago that I dealt with it. It could possibly be a registry tweak or removing/disabling a service.

Sorry I couldn't help that much.