Author Topic: WinXP randomly and mysteriously looks for a floppy disk (Read 1996 times)

phobia · « **on:** May 22, 2002, 09:05:07 PM »

For winxp users: Anyone experience winxp looking for a floppy disk even if your're not asking it to look for one? It randomly pops up a window. Here's the msg that the pop-up window have...

"Application popup: Explorer.EXE - No Disk : There is no d

edmon_cu · « **Reply #1 on:** May 22, 2002, 09:40:28 PM »

anyway, i frequently noticed the FDD light flashes at random points especially noticing them when I change desktop scheme's... i wonder why is this so or how I can disable this one.

calvin · « **Reply #2 on:** May 22, 2002, 09:45:08 PM »

check your event viewer... hopefully, you'll see a warning message... if you're lucky, you'll also see which app is trying to access your FDD...

phobia · « **Reply #3 on:** May 23, 2002, 01:31:13 AM »

i already checked the event viewer but it only shows the same msg that shows with the pop-up window. (see first post)

Seducer · « **Reply #4 on:** May 23, 2002, 02:11:43 AM »

baka may virus ka!....i never got that any of that message!!!! o di kaya may tama na ang explorer mo!

phobia · « **Reply #5 on:** May 23, 2002, 02:47:46 AM »

It's not a virus and I'm sure. I did a virus scan and it didn't find any virus. (Of course, my virus dat files are up to date)

dean · « **Reply #6 on:** June 10, 2018, 08:29:59 PM »

maybe you need to update virus definitions again? it's already 2018

Author Topic: WinXP randomly and mysteriously looks for a floppy disk (Read 1996 times)

edmon_cu

Seducer