In a message dated 9/12/2004 3:20:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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Whenever I Log Off a user or Shutdown my xp machine, the harddrive makes a
grating sound...sort of like the disc is skipping or something.  I *think*
it's the hdd.

Any ideas what could be happening?

Thanks,
Diane
Hi,
  Are you sure it's not the floppy drive? Most anti-virus programs check the
floppy drive to make sure there is not a disk left in it when logging off or
shutting down. This is to prevent the system from booting from the floppy on
the next power-up, and infecting the system before the anti-virus software
starts to prevent it.

HTH,
Peter Hogan
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