Hey Becky,
The "cure" for this maybe a setting in your BIOS.  Usually under "Advanced
Settings" will be a listing similar to "Win98 floppy seek".  You will need
to "disable" this setting.  I see you call yourself a "novice", if you need
more help, and some coaching....my eMail is

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Stan

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Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 6:51 PM
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Subject: [PCBUILD] Windows 98 randomly tries to access empty A drive


The subject line says it all I think.  Many times a day, sometimes every few
minutes, the green A drive light comes on and I hear a grinding sound.  My
computer is about 3-4 years old.....333 Mz speed with a 10 gig hard drive.
Any ideas??  Thank you

Becky Buehrer
Not much better than novice user.......

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