How do I stop my PC from accessing the 3.5 floppy drive?

[stryker]

I used my "A" drive (3.5 floppy) for the first time and now when I shut down my computer, it tries to access the "A" drive. It didn't do this before, and it's a little annoying. Any help would be appreciated.

[808smokey]

YOU'RE anti virus software is scanning it most likely.

You can turn it off thru the settings in the app

[JSB]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=stop+accessing+floppy+drive < google is your friend!

Try these tips:

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article07-037

JSB

[glockjs]

you could also shut it off in bios so your computer doesnt even see it

[rallynavvie]

I think it's your OS checking to see if there's a non-system disk in the drive before booting since most BIOS set first boot as A drive. Even changing your boot order in BIOS doesn't fix this IIRC. All it does is growl quick before shutdown, right? Nothing to worry about really.

[stryker]

Thanks to all that replied

IAll it does is growl quick before shutdown, right? Nothing to worry about really.

Yeah, I wasn't really worried. Just annoyed.

...< google is your friend!

Never considered using google, for whatever reasons I thought my problem was unique only to me. Thanks for the links, I'll look them over to see if any of their solutions work for me.

YOU'RE anti virus software is scanning it most likely.

You can turn it off thru the settings in the app

That appears to be the reason (or one of the reasons) why my "A" drive is being accessed.