I always run spyware checks and I know I don't have any extra junk loading. Would it work if I just unplugged the drive? It just adds to the sluggish startup of windows.
2006-06-06 04:18:32 · 9 answers · asked by Kevin Day 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Some antivirus programs do a startup check. They check among other things if you have any file in your drive A. If you know your antivirus program well search in the startup check options and change them so they stop searching for drive A.
2006-06-06 04:25:10 · answer #1 · answered by luismvalenzuela 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is part of the start-up sequence that it first looks at the a:\ drive to check for any boot disk. If it doesn't find one then it goes on to check the c:\ drive and continues with startup. You can change the boot sequence to your computer to stop this happening. It usually involves restarting the computer and then pressing the F8 key a couple of seconds into the initial startup (when prompted) which will put you into a setup (BIOS) page.
2006-06-06 11:23:06 · answer #2 · answered by Hmmmm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your BIOS setup would have been set to reboot the computer from A drive which is why it is booting from A drive. The way to resolve this is to enter into bios setup by press DEL button when you restart the computer and before its loads the Operating System This is take you to bios setup where you can change the booting and select a HD or CD instead of A drive and save changes and restart the pc you shouldnt be facing this problem again.
2006-06-06 11:24:43 · answer #3 · answered by Mesmerist 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That won't really hinder the fact that windows is sluggish. Try removing stuff from your startup. go to start > run > msconfig if you have windows xp. if you have windows 2000 you'll have to use a program that helps with the registry edit off of currentRun/startup unless you're comfortable enough going through start > run > regedit
2006-06-06 11:23:48 · answer #4 · answered by killingt1m3 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your bios settings needs changing
i.e. before u boot u'r windows operating system
'Del' to Setup , or F2 to setup ... message briefly appears on start-up
u have 2 enter set-up & go 2 boot options & remove floppy drive or a: from there , by replacing with CD drive d: or whatever
- same for boot sequence ...
best of luck !
2006-06-06 11:24:34 · answer #5 · answered by sεαη 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It must be set up to boot from the a: drive in the BIOS. Update the BIOS.
2006-06-06 11:21:50 · answer #6 · answered by AF 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check your BIOS, change the setting in bios to boot from another device
2006-06-06 11:22:48 · answer #7 · answered by Shy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check your BIOS. There may be an option called BOOT UP FLOPPY SEEK. If this is enabled, disable it.
2006-06-06 16:47:27 · answer #8 · answered by JonT774 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be it thinks theres a floppy in there. If it sees a floppy, it auto accesses it in case it's a boot disk.
2006-06-06 11:23:36 · answer #9 · answered by tictacman100 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋