At 10:27 AM 7/3/99 , you wrote:
>I have a PII with Win98 as my OS. Every time when I start my PC and
>run "windows explorer" my floppy drive (a:) is accessed. This unwanted
>access only takes place when I run Windows exploer at the first time.
>When I run Windows explorer again it won't happen. I checked my Windows
>register and the virus scanning SW setup but found nothing pointed to
>"a:\" and causing this unwanted access.
>
>Do you have any idea and suggestion to stop this unhappy access?
>
>Thank you very much for your response and help!!

We have an article on our web site discussing this issue and possible
cures for it:
     Stop random accessing of the floppy drive in Windows95/98
              http://nospin.com/pc/pcs05-11.html

I hope your solution is on this page.  If you do not find it there, but find
a different solution, let us know so we can add it to the list.


                 Bob Wright
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