"Floppy Drive E:/"

[Shiraz]

For some reason a drive called A:/ has appeared in "My Computer", in Control Panel it is said to be using "MS-DOS compatibility mode file system". Since the floppy drive is meant to be the A: drive (also I have a Removeable drive E:/) it has now been moved to the E: drive, my removeable is now the F: drive, my HD is still the C: drive, and my CD/DVD is still the D: drive.

Before: A:/ - Floppy Drive C:/ - Hard Disk D:/ - CD/DVD Drive
E:/ - Removable Drive

Now: A:/ - UNKNOWN DRIVE (Ms-Dos compatibility mode. . .)
C:/ - Hard Disk D:/ - CD/DVD Drive E:/ - Floppy Drive
F:/ - Removable Drive

What I would like to do is remove the new (unwanted) A:/ drive, (without having to lose any data in other drives). And then hopefully return the drive letters to as they were before.

Any Suggestions???
Shiraz Z


COMPUTER -
PII 400Mhz,
ATI Rage Pro
LS120 Drive,
9GB Hard Disk,
Sandisk Smartmedia Drive,
Samsung DVD Drive.

Please E-Mail for any other Computer info needed.

[newme]

have you ran a virus scan i think i read something somewhere about a boot sector virus that causes this .

[newme]

i looked for that prob on google and it said
if its only drive apen device manager click the floppy disk controllers and remove the floppy disk controller restart the machine.
just give it while to see if some of the more experienced will reply.
good luck.(ididnt put that face there?)