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Razvan Chirita <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 31 May 1999 18:06:00 +0200
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Pro Iugoslavia
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Hi JMB,
In a message to All you wrote:

 J> From: JMB <[log in to unmask]>

 J> My son's laptop has started to act funny, so he says.  He had loaded
 J> some CDROM games onto his computer, but the "sound" drivers were not
 J> up to snuff for them so he deleted them.  But now, whenever he starts
 J> up his laptop, when the icons start appearing on the desktop, the
 J> floppy drive starts up and will either run for about 2 minutes or
 J> until he sticks in a blank floppy.

 J> Any ideas as to where else I might need to have him look?  Any
 J> shortcuts?

            Control Panel->System->Performance->File System->Floppy Disk.
Uncheck the "Search for new floppy disk drives each time your computer starts"
option.

Bye!
  Razvan

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