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Conference noted::windows95

Title:Microsoft Windows 95 ("Chicago")
Notice:Please read topics 1 to 22 before writing anything
Moderator:EEMELI::BACKSTROM
Created:Sun Nov 13 1994
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2958
Total number of notes:19968

2901.0. "who's mucking with my floppy?" by WRKSYS::CHALTAS (Lies, Damn Lies & Statistics) Fri Apr 11 1997 17:12

    Every now and again something tries to access my floppy drive
    for a minute or so -- even when there's no disk in the drive.
    I first noticed this after I installed an HP T3000 tape drive
    on the floppy controller, but I'm not sure that's when it
    really began to occurr.
    
    How can I find out what's trying to access the drive? 
    George
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2901.1TARKIN::LINBill LinFri Apr 11 1997 17:254
    re: WRKSYS::CHALTAS
    
    Do you have any documents referenced by "START - DOCUMENTS" that were
    originally on the A: drive?
2901.2BUSY::SLABAnd one of us is left to carry on.Fri Apr 11 1997 18:424
    
    	In conjunction with some sort of "auto save", that could definitely
    	explain it.
2901.3WRKSYS::CHALTASPower of the Blowfish!Mon Apr 14 1997 12:453
    I'll check the documents -- and yes, I *do* use autosave.
    
    George
2901.4FindFast?OSEC::oloras2.olo.dec.com::GILBERTOh.Sun May 25 1997 19:368
A little late but...

Another culprit is the infamous FindFast feature of Office 95 (and '97?). 
On my system it would periodically cripple the system performance and try 
to access the floppy. Look for a shortcut in your Startup folder - and I 
recommend you delete it!

Brian