Why does my PC try to access my floppy disk drive when there is no diskette in it?
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If it does only during startup then its the BIOS setting that holds the key. But if it does quite often during your normal working, then a virus could be a culprit. Another reason could of some program which has been run from the drive and stopped adruptly and its still seeking its home from the background.
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Yuck, that means the disc is bad. I hate it when that happens, thats why I use CDs now and I double backup.\n\nI'm sorry, but there is a chance your floppy has gone bad and it wont be use-able until you format it again, which will erase all data.\n\nTo make sure, I would try to open the floppy on a different computer. If it opens , then that means you might need to clean your floppy drive a bit.
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It the drive can be seen in windows just goto mycomputer. Right click on it and select PROPERTIES. Click on the TOOLS tab, and under the section ERROR CHECKING, click the CHECK NOW button. Mark both check boxs and click START. Windows  will scan it without needing to restart the pc, since non of the important parts are not being accessed.
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Hard to diagnose the problem with just that info.\n\nFirst, are you installing software from a floppy disk or a CD Rom?\n\nIf it's a CD, perhaps the CD drive in your PC does not have the drive letter d:\n\nOr if you have > 1 CD / DVD drive, perhaps you're using the wrong one in terms of one that's labled d:.  In my system, for example, I have d:, e:, and f: CD/DVD drives.\n\nIf it's a floppy, it's most likely a: or b:, not d:
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If you have a floopy drive you can format it for a bootable disk. Go to your "my computer" and right click on the floppy drive and click on format. After that you can choose how to format it. Hope this helps. Thanks. Rock.
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Fixed Disk, as opposed to floppy disk
488834
no option dude got to have the cd\nor go to a different system with internet down the drivers from internet and use floppy to save the file in ur system and restart
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hai\n\n1.switch off ur pc then u open ur cabinet and check whether ur floppy drive is properly connected. if not, connect it properly.\nor\n2. Goto bios settings and disable floppy drive a:
80843
If it says that you should format it, this means that data on the disk has either been erased or damaged.  Assuming that you have a Windows operating system, you could try running Scandisk to recover the data, but I've never had much luck doing that on a floppy.  Good luck!
828340
Do you have a floppy disc in the drive?  Check that first, if not, then:\nhttp://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000465.htm
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Do you mean a floppy disc?
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You can disable the floppy drive in the bios if you don't use it. It is probably because the floppy is set up as a primary boot device. I have only known the annoying random floppy thing to happen in older computers. I ahve a floppy/card reader combo on my computer now and it never does that.
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Double-click the "My Computer" icon on the desktop.\n\nIf you are trying to use a floppy disk it will probably show up as drive A.\n\nIf you are trying to use a CD or DVD it will probably show up as drive D (or E).\n\n\nIf you meant that you want to open a "folder" on drive C, then just go to drive C in "My Computer" and double-click on the folder.
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i'm afraid you've lost it already.........floppy disk are not so reliable in terms of data storage....they can be easily damaged....sensitive to temperature...and other electromagnetic elements...
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At one time floppy diskettes were hard-sectored, and the master track was marked by a tiny hole in the diskette.  Now however, disks are soft-sectored, ie. the divisions are logical.
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simply put the floppy disc back to its bay...\n\nscrew it...\n\nconnect the cable FDD cable...\n\nconnect the power supply...\n\nyour system should detect the new hardware..\n\n*be sure to unplug your PC b4 doin this
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If you have a USB any computer will sense it (even without XP) if you go to "My Computer" it will show up as "Removable Disk". So go there if it doesn't automatically pop up a dialog box with some options!