# Why does my computer keep trying to access my floppy drive? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 15, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-computer-keep-trying-to-access-my-floppy-drive/260003 "2004-08-15T21:59:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CloudClever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@CloudClever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CloudClever)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-computer-keep-trying-to-access-my-floppy-drive/260003/1 "2004-08-15T21:59:48Z")
It’s getting annoying. Anyway the computer is a Win XP, with plenty of system resources. I’ve been using the floppy drive to transfer some medium sized pictures. (about 100Kb). But I am finished now and am continuing to use the Internet. I’ve closed all of the files that I opened on the floppy, but now every five minutes or so the floppy drive will make that grinding/floppy accessing sound. The only programs I have open are Mozilla, and a Zip file that exsists on my desktop. Neither of these programs should be accessing my Floppy. How do I make it stop? Is it damaging? Please help me, the sound is driving me nuts. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-computer-keep-trying-to-access-my-floppy-drive/260003/2 "2004-08-16T00:29:26Z")
Do you still have the floppy disk in the drive? Take it out and see if that helps. Do you have a virus scanner? Open it up and see if there’s a checkmark next to your floppy (A:) drive. It may be trying to scan it for viruses.