Don't go too techy on me though cause I hate when you can't "see" the problem that needs fixed and I don't do "virtual sight.
OOps should say XP and firefox.
[Edited on 31/5/08 by omega 24 v6]
A while back now I was reading/writing a lot of stuff to the A drive. Now whenever I try to save a file it always trys to read the A drive fist and
continuosly "chirps away while the file is downloading to the "save as position" usually a folder on the C drive. It always saves the
file where asked to but the chirping A drive is a pain in the ass if it's a big file. It is also quite a drain on resources and ties the machine
up a bit.
Don't go too techy on me though cause I hate when you can't "see" the problem that needs fixed and I don't do "virtual
sight.
OOps should say XP and firefox.
[Edited on 31/5/08 by omega 24 v6]
Check the file location's in preferences on the applications, the default save location probably needs changing to C my documents, or whatever.
Can't see how to do this
Have you tried new disks? I cured a similar .problem thataway.My old disks had shedloads of bad sectors hence the chirping and whirring !
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Have you tried new disks? I cured a similar .problem thataway.My old disks had shedloads of bad sectors hence the chirping and whirring !
Ooops!
Maybe the sensor that detects disk is present is stuck on?
What application are you saving files from? I've had this problem before and it was because the file last saved to A: was still in the "Most Recently Used" (MRU) list in the file menu. A quick hunt through the registry had it removed (or you could just save enough files to other drives to push it off the list).
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What application are you saving files from?