Mysterious A: Drive

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maxamillion

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For some reason there's a A:/ drive listed in my computer but I don't have one connected and when I restart my PC with nod32 enabled, it would prompt a message saying remove all media from A:/ drive before proceeding and it's getting annoying.

If anyone have had smiliar issues with this situation on this motherboard, please let me know.

Specs are listed in my sig.

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If no A drive is connected, I disable the floppy drive controller in the BIOS. Go into Device Manager and remove/uninstall the Floppy disk drive from the Floppy disk drive group and reboot and see if it still shows up.
 
It may also be a USB mass storage device. Sometimes windows screws up with Mass Storage devices (thumb drives, external HDD, card readers, etc...).

 
If you leave floppy drive enabled in the BIOS even if you don't have one installed, it will still show up in windows.

My Asus A8N-E wouldn't work properly without a floppy drive (even if I had it disabled in BIOS). The computer would lock up at the boot menu when I try to go into safe mode. And sometimes Windows wouldn't even load at all.

The solution: spend ten bucks on a floppy drive. You'll most likely never use it, but it's almost a necessary component and it comes in handy in emergencies.
 
I think zoobaby has it right about it being the mass storage devices. Is there a way to disable it on this board?
 
I've seen the same problem. As was said, disable your floppy drive in your BIOS. It will default as your system having one. Once you disable it, the icon should go away.
 
griffinhart said:
I've seen the same problem. As was said, disable your floppy drive in your BIOS. It will default as your system having one. Once you disable it, the icon should go away.
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Attitude unnesscary griffinhart. I'm very sensative and prone to burst of tears! :(
 
Have you been cruel to floppy's in the past?
It could be the ghost of some floppy, unjustly slain...

 
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