Microsoft KB Archive/205859

= Removable Disk (A:) Appears in My Computer on Computer with No Floppy Disk Drive =

Article ID: 205859

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 95

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SYMPTOMS
When you double click My Computer on a computer with no floppy disk drive installed, a removable disk (A:) appears. When you view the drives in Device Manager, no floppy disk drive is listed because none exists on the computer.



CAUSE
MS-DOS always creates drive A on a computer. When Windows starts, this information is transferred to the real-mode manager (RMM).



STATUS
This behavior is by design.

Additional query words: HWFDCTL

Keywords: kbprb kbui KB205859

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