If you have Internet Explorer 4.0x installed, then the floppy drive seek during
the save process in WP8 is a known problem, and is taken care of, usually, by
installing the appropriate service patches, or by de-activating the Active
Desktop component of IE4.

There are three service packs, and which one you need is dependent on the
version of WP8 you are running.  You can find your version number by opening
WordPerfect, clicking the help menu, and clicking "About".  If you have version
8.0.0.225, all you need is Service Pack 3, which will upgrade your software to
8.0.0.392.  If your version is below 8.0.0.225 (like .153 or .168), then you
need the Corel WP Rev B CD-ROM before you proceed.

Further information, and downloadable Service Packs, can be found at

http://jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu/~thood/wp8faq.html

The floppy drive seek at shutdown is a common occurance for systems running
McAfee or Norton Anti-virus.

Roxanne Pierce
R2 Systems, San Diego
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On Wednesday, March 11, 1998 15:28, Rich [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] wrote:
> >Rich wrote:
> >> Does anyone know why and how to stop my system from trying to access my
> >> empty floppy drive each time I save a file to my HD?
> >
> I'm running Win95b on a no name system put together by a local integrator
> using mostly Acer Open components.  The system is a P200, 64MB.  It happens
> at startup (understandably) and shutdown, and when I save a file in
> Wordperfect 8.  The default directory in WP is a folder on the hard drive
> and not the floppy.  It also happens if I retrieve a file from the HD and
> then re-save it.  It also grinds away for a few seconds at other misc times
> that I didn't document and don't remember.