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floppy behavior

Here are the basics of my pc

ASUS A7V8X-X mobo
Athlon XP 3000 cpu
1 GB DDR3200
36GB seagate SCSI hard drive
DVD-RW
CD-RW
WIN98SE o/s

When I start internet explorer the light on my floppy goes on and stays on until i reboot. The floppy cable is connected correctly and the floppy works properly except for the light issue. Has anyone seen this before?

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Danny Child

I'd look at spyware and viruses too here. Something's trying to write to your floppy. What happens if you put a WRITE-PROTECTED floppy in? If something bad's going on, windows may complain about not being able to access the disk - a dead giveaway.

Normal spyware and AV links:

Get Spybot from
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
and give that a spin. I hear good things about Spy Sweeper too, but not played with it.

for viruses, try these:
1. http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp?cid=9059
2. http://security.symantec.com/
3. http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
4. http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm
5. http://www.pcpitstop.com/antivirus/default.asp
6. http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger

Danny Child

and of course, not forgetting the mighty hijack this!

Hijack this
http://216.180.233.162/~merijn/downloads.html
log analyser - copy the log to this for more info.
http://www.hijackthis.de/index.php?langselect=english