Microsoft KB Archive/268146

= Windows Millennium Edition Detects Floppy Disk Drive When One Is Not Present =

Article ID: 268146

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

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This article was previously published under Q268146



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SYMPTOMS
On a computer that has removable Universal Serial Bus (USB) or LS-120 floppy disk drives, you may see multiple floppy disk drives in My Computer. This behavior may occur when you plug in a USB or LS-120 floppy disk drive. The drive may appear in My Computer as both a 3.5-inch floppy disk drive (drive A) and as another drive letter.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs because the computer's BIOS is reporting that a floppy disk drive exists, so the controller is given resources by Windows.



RESOLUTION
Contact your computer manufacturer to inquire about obtaining a BIOS update for your computer.

Additional query words: HWFDCTL

Keywords: kbhardware kbprb KB268146

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