Buzzing "A" drive ??

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Jim Murphy

Yesterday, I copied several files from "Documents" to a floppy disc in
my "A" drive and then removed the disc. Later, I wanted to send those
same files as email attachments so I clicked the "Browse" feature of my
email editor to open the storage library so I could navigate to
"Documents" to retrieve the files. The "A" drive, now empty. started to
buzz continuously. Apparently Windows was searching for the files in the
last place I had used to store them. I could not shut down the drive;
the cursor was ineffective. I waited for more than a minute until
Windows finally gave up and stopped trying to access the now-removed
disc.

So my questions are these:

Is there a way I can prevent XP from returning to the last-used location
to search for files in a case such as this?

Is there a way to shut down the "A" drive before it harms itself if this
should occur again?

Thanks,

Jim Murphy
 
Colin said:
Put a disc in the drive. Any disc.
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At the risk or revealing my ignorance of PC operation, could you please
tell me which of my questions this is an answer to?

Do I keep a disc in the drive to prevent the buzzing when Windows
returns to the drive, or do I insert a disc into the drive while it's
buzzing as a way of silencing the drive?

Thank you. . .

Jim Murphy
 
To silence the drive. It will stop. You may then get a message about a
file not found on the A: drive. Cancel the message. In the meantime you
can try to identify what is causing it to seek A: and change the target.

My response was to help you silence the drive while you get on with your
work or troubleshoot why drive A: is being requested.

My thought on that is that you could try sending an attachment from My
Documents on C: in an email to yourself. This may change the default
location back to your hard drive.
 
Clearing the history in Start Menu properties usually works.

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Colin Barnhorst said:
To silence the drive. It will stop. You may then get a message about a
file not found on the A: drive. Cancel the message. In the meantime you
can try to identify what is causing it to seek A: and change the target.

My response was to help you silence the drive while you get on with your
work or troubleshoot why drive A: is being requested.

My thought on that is that you could try sending an attachment from My
Documents on C: in an email to yourself. This may change the default
location back to your hard drive.

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Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
Jim Murphy said:
At the risk or revealing my ignorance of PC operation, could you please
tell me which of my questions this is an answer to?

Do I keep a disc in the drive to prevent the buzzing when Windows
returns to the drive, or do I insert a disc into the drive while it's
buzzing as a way of silencing the drive?

Thank you. . .

Jim Murphy
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Jim Murphy said:
Thank you for thaking time. I'll try these suggestions.

~Jim Murphy
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Jim I had the same problem with my new Dell (July 04) and thought it was a
Dell issue. Turned out it was either XP or Norton. Visit the link below and
sift through the thread and try the suggestions. I honestly cant recall
which one I tried (senior moments) but it has stopped. It was driving me
nuts with documents opened and or saved to the A drive.

You dont have to register to read the forum

Good luck
Bill

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_other&message.id=208623#M208623
 
To stop the drive buzzing - it is trying to access a floppy disk in Drive A:
so put a disk in the drive and it will stop making a racket.
 
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