Floppy Drive appearing when there is no installed floppy drive

Timmy_j · 05-17-2009, 09:35 PM

Hey all, just had a quick question,

well i custom made my desktop about a month ago, and ever since ive used it, when i open up windows explorer and view my hard drives and disk drives, it also has a listed floppy disk drive (A:). The thing is, i never installed a floppy drive, so i was wondering whats the go with that.

I know i havent provided much info, but if theres anything that i could look into etc etc to know why its appearing. Im running windows 7 build 7068 x64 bit if that makes any difference...

Cheers,
Tim

makinu1der2 · 05-19-2009, 03:09 PM

Hello Timmy,

Boot the system into the BIOS.

Look for the floppy diskette and disable it (depending on the BIOS you have it may be

on the Main page)

Once it is disabled it won't appear in explorer.

Timmy_j · 05-19-2009, 07:13 PM

oh cheers mate :) i didnt even consider looking in bios lol :P

05-17-2009, 09:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
Timmy_j Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 152 OS: Windows 7 RTM My System	Floppy Drive appearing when there is no installed floppy drive Hey all, just had a quick question, well i custom made my desktop about a month ago, and ever since ive used it, when i open up windows explorer and view my hard drives and disk drives, it also has a listed floppy disk drive (A:). The thing is, i never installed a floppy drive, so i was wondering whats the go with that. I know i havent provided much info, but if theres anything that i could look into etc etc to know why its appearing. Im running windows 7 build 7068 x64 bit if that makes any difference... Cheers, Tim __________________ Well... At least when computers stuff up thier consistent about it...

05-19-2009, 03:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
makinu1der2 Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 2,025 OS: Vista Home Premium SP1,Win XP SP3,Ubuntu 9.04,Sabayon 4,Windows 7 RC1 x64 My System	Re: Floppy Drive appearing when there is no installed floppy drive Hello Timmy, Boot the system into the BIOS. Look for the floppy diskette and disable it (depending on the BIOS you have it may be on the Main page) Once it is disabled it won't appear in explorer. __________________ "The dumbest people I know are those who know it all."

05-19-2009, 07:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
Timmy_j Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 152 OS: Windows 7 RTM My System	Re: Floppy Drive appearing when there is no installed floppy drive oh cheers mate :) i didnt even consider looking in bios lol :P __________________ Well... At least when computers stuff up thier consistent about it...