Do you have virus software installed? Dave Jones http://www.vdoguy.com http://www.airmemories.com Camel: A horse designed by committee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Becky" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 6:51 PM 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 PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml