computer gurus...I need help

82 GT · 01-28-2003, 03:53 PM

I'm running windows XP. The other day I accidently removed a 3.5 inch floppy from the drive before it was finished reading data and now every now and then the drive turns on as if there was a disk in the drive but there's not.
What's wrong and how can I fix it?

cyberstang5.0 · 01-28-2003, 04:23 PM

That's strange.... I have never had that happen to me before.

Does it just read when your doing something that does not save? (ex: surfing the internet)

If you just pull the disk out while it's reading, it should just error out and say that it can't read the data. It should not have any long term effects on the computer.

mustangII460 · 01-28-2003, 07:45 PM

Slap the dam thing around awhile.......O sorry....

Try putting a diskette in and out a few times.

Hopefully that may work.

82 GT · 01-28-2003, 08:11 PM

Yeah, it just sometimes reads the disk drive when I'm opening files or switching websites....it's weird.

01-28-2003, 03:53 PM	#1
82 GT Import Slayer Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 2,241	computer gurus...I need help I'm running windows XP. The other day I accidently removed a 3.5 inch floppy from the drive before it was finished reading data and now every now and then the drive turns on as if there was a disk in the drive but there's not. What's wrong and how can I fix it? __________________ '82 GT 351W (.060)Comp Cams 274* Extreme Energy cam, ported & polished heads w/ 1.94/1.60 valves 10.3:1 flat top pistons,stealth intake, Mallory dizzy,Holley 750dp carb, BBK shorties,Flowmaster exhaust,C-4 with 3700 stall converter, B&M pro shifter,8.8 rear, 4:10's, subframes, electric fan, powermaster alternator, 4 core radiator.

01-28-2003, 07:45 PM	#3
mustangII460 Factoy Five Roadster Join Date: May 2000 Location: Sevier Co,Tennessee Posts: 1,681	Slap the dam thing around awhile.......O sorry.... Try putting a diskette in and out a few times. Hopefully that may work. __________________ Frank

01-28-2003, 08:11 PM	#4
82 GT Import Slayer Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 2,241	Yeah, it just sometimes reads the disk drive when I'm opening files or switching websites....it's weird. __________________ '82 GT 351W (.060)Comp Cams 274* Extreme Energy cam, ported & polished heads w/ 1.94/1.60 valves 10.3:1 flat top pistons,stealth intake, Mallory dizzy,Holley 750dp carb, BBK shorties,Flowmaster exhaust,C-4 with 3700 stall converter, B&M pro shifter,8.8 rear, 4:10's, subframes, electric fan, powermaster alternator, 4 core radiator.

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01-28-2003, 04:23 PM	#2
cyberstang5.0 347ci of HORSE POWER!!! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,416	That's strange.... I have never had that happen to me before. Does it just read when your doing something that does not save? (ex: surfing the internet) If you just pull the disk out while it's reading, it should just error out and say that it can't read the data. It should not have any long term effects on the computer.