error at shutdown

[Briab Guy]

XP pro, SP2.
When shutting down (not restarting) I am getting an error message that reads:"
The drive is not ready for use; it's door may be open. Please check drive A: and make sure a disk is incerted and that the dr. door is closed".

Funny part is that I have no dr. A: on this box. Hmmmmm?
any help appreciated
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[Panama Red]

Just a thought, since A: is reserved for a floppy drive and you say you don't have one installed, check in the Device Manager and see if a floppy drive (not the floppy controller) is listed. If it is, Remove it and reboot. Don't know for sure this will fix it but it's worth a try.

[Briab Guy]

Hey, I just realized what your name is. I am 50yrs old, so it has some meaning to me. Of course it may still have meaning in todays world, I am not of it any more.
Anyway, Thanks. You were right. Shame on me. I looked at device manager, and saw nothing wrong. No red X, or exclamation mark, forgeting the fact that there is no floppy. I had to disable it, because uninstalling it, only made it want to reinstall it when I rebooted.
Do you have any ideas as to why this would just start on its own? I'm mostly curious.
Something I will check is my BIOS, for the start up proceedure, maybe some how A: got in the list? I havn't changed anything in there, so I don't know how it would.

Thanks again, I appreciate it.
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[Panama Red]

Hey, I just realized what your name is. I am 50yrs old, so it has some meaning to me. Of course it may still have meaning in todays world, I am not of it any more.

This question seems to come up from time to time. This'll help.

Not sure why the floppy shows up. Your idea to check the bios sounds like a good starting place tho'.