Anyhow to get rid of A: in XP???

[DigitalCancer]

It annoys me b/c my comp takes a few secs to make sure there isn't anything in the drives ya know? Also i accidently select it when trying to hit the C:, So is there anyway to get rid of the A:??

 

[imported_Ned Flanders]

Disable the floppy drive in the BIOS

 

[DigitalCancer]

Originally posted by: Ned Flanders
Disable the floppy drive in the BIOS

it is disabled. ^_^

 

[John]

Originally posted by: DigitalCancer

Originally posted by: Ned Flanders
Disable the floppy drive in the BIOS

it is disabled. ^_^

Not all of the way then. Disable the controller in the bios or thru the device manager.

 

[MegaVovaN]

You could just hide drive from my Computer. I believe Power Toys from MS can do it.

 

[Czar]

or just disconnect the floppy drive

 

[PowerYoga]

if you don't want the computer to check it every time when you boot up, just change the boot order so that it reads the HD first.

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: PowerYoga
if you don't want the computer to check it every time when you boot up, just change the boot order so that it reads the HD first.

he's not talking about boot up.


and yes, disable the controller, not just the drive. and also disable it in windows device manager if it still shows up

 

[DigitalCancer]

Ok, i had to disable it in the device manager. No matter what i done, it would still be there, lol. And for the record, i have no floppy drive in this system, i didn't see a need. Until recently, i need to flash my bios now, but...alas i cannot. I am experimenting w/ flashing w/ a USB thumb drive, but no luck just yet. Any of you had success w/ this??

 

[Captante]

Flashing the BIOS is the only reason I still include i floppy drive in most PC's I build ... I've never tried the USB flash drive method myself and I don't trust flashing from within Windows.

Most newer Asus motherboards offer a utility called easy-flash built into the BIOS itself which allows you to flash without booting into DOS mode & it supports loading the BIOS files from CD, flash drive or from a file on the HD itself, again however I've only tried it using a floppy.

 

[mulletgut]

Originally posted by: DigitalCancer
Ok, i had to disable it in the device manager. No matter what i done, it would still be there, lol. And for the record, i have no floppy drive in this system, i didn't see a need. Until recently, i need to flash my bios now, but...alas i cannot. I am experimenting w/ flashing w/ a USB thumb drive, but no luck just yet. Any of you had success w/ this??

Oh for heavens sake, rip the thing open and connect a 3.5" drive, flash the BIOS and then take it out again if the sight of floppy drive offends you. It'll take all of 10 minutes.
You don't even need to put the drive in the slot, just leave it sitting in the table/floor/whatever.

Those drives are a dime a dozen, I see them laying on the side of the road in discard machines.

Why make life hard for yourself?

 

[swtethan]

right click my computer > Manage> Disk Management




any help?

 

[BW86]

disconnect your floppy drive and/or disable it in bios.

 

[Nothinman]

I am experimenting w/ flashing w/ a USB thumb drive, but no luck just yet. Any of you had success w/ this??

You'll need to find a way to get to the drive in DOS which is never fun. You're probably better off using a CD.

Oh for heavens sake, rip the thing open and connect a 3.5" drive, flash the BIOS and then take it out again if the sight of floppy drive offends you.

Not everyone owns a floppy drive any more. Of the 5 machines I have here only 2 have them and I'm not going to take it out of one of them just to flash my BIOS.

right click my computer > Manage> Disk Management

You can't do anything with floppy drives in there. At least I don't think so, I don't have an XP machine to verify that but I know it won't work in Win2K or Vista32.