Marc Guise wrote:

> My computer has recently begun to access/scan the floppy drive at startup
> and randomly for periods of  5-10 seconds. I have tried a clean Windows 98

If you are not running Norton Utilities or system works, may I suggest
the following:

Double Click on "My Computer"
Double click on "Control Panel"
Double click on "System"
Double click on "Performance"
Open   File System Properties
Open   Floppy Disk and uncheck Search for.

This way, Windows will not search for a floppy every time your system
boots.

Sincerely,

Frank Suszka
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