Floppy drive activates when opening files

[nosugartonite]

SYSTEM INFO:

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name FOXTROT
System Manufacturer HP Pavilion 06
System Model DB282A-ABA 304w
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 6 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~1532 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD AM37320, 8/1/2003
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\System32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)"
User Name FOXTROT\Owner
Time Zone Mountain Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 256.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 109.42 MB
Total Virtual Memory 873.39 MB
Available Virtual Memory 556.61 MB
Page File Space 617.91 MB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

BOOT.INI: [boot loader]
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home


THE PROBLEM:

It doesn't happen often, sometimes not for entire sessions between boot-ups. But sometimes when I open "C:" or "Documents and Settings" the floppy drive light will come on and it makes a plbttt! noise. I regularly scan for malware and viruses with up-to-date AVG av., spy-bot, ad-aware and spywareblaster. It happens both on and offline.

What I want to know is, is this normal?
The only modification I have made to a system file was renaming explorer.exe to accommodate a change in text for my "Start" button on the task bar. Windows made another explorer.exe. This was some time ago and the floppy problem is recent.

 

[Mattb7]

Does it by any chance start happeing after you used a floppy? If so, try clearing your documents list in the start menu.

 

[linney]

Join in the discussion here.

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?SQID=864872&SPID=779&newpid=779&page=1

 

[nosugartonite]

No. I have not had a floppy in the drive for a month or more. My MRU's are cleared on every boot-up. The problem hasn't occured for the last three boot-ups so maybe its "fixed".

Thanks for your replys...

 

[bcastner]

The MRU is FIFO. You may have aged past the reference to the A: drive.

 

[nosugartonite]

Ok...bcastner,
I know very little about stacks, pipes and the like so...
I assume FIFO, first in/ first out, refers to the order in which,in this case, MRU's are stacked. But I don't quite understand how it can or, has aged past the reference to A: drive. Does that mean the problem is gone or won't reappear for some time? Or, if I use the drive more frequently the problem will be less likely to occur? Maybe I need to do so research... Thanks for the tip

 

[bcastner]

Apologies,

The FIFO reference was that there is limited space for the entries for most recently used documents. So the table for these entries is constantly refreshed as you use the machine, the first entry aging as newer entries are made.
At start lets say the stack has entries:

A
B
C

You open new documents or whatever, the stack moves:

B
C
D

C
D
E

.etc with the first entries "disappearing."