Removed Floppy - Win 7 still reporting it's there

loaba

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  • Why I did it - I have installed a Rosewill USB 2.0 card reader in the chassis single external 3.5 slot.
  • How I did it - turned off the box, disconnected the floppy drive and removed it. That's it. I did not access Device Manager and uninstall it there prior to physical removal.
  • Problem - Windows still shows the floppy drive as being installed, even asks me to format the disk after I reboot,
  • What I have done so far - I've removed the floppy drive from Device Manager and rebooted; no go.

Any help or suggestions would be welcome. As always, thanks in advance. :)
 

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Disable drive in Bios
I considered poking around in the BIOS, but then I thought that the floppy would act like other devices. Now I will look into that immediately. :)

And that fixed it right up. Learned something new. Thanks, brady.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Home x64Intel Core i7-3610QM @ 2.3GHz x416GBsnVidia GeForce GTX 670M
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Sager NP9150
OS
Windows 7 Home x64
CPU
Intel Core i7-3610QM @ 2.3GHz x4
Motherboard
Clevo P15xEMx
Memory
16GBs
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GeForce GTX 670M
Sound Card
Realtek High Def Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster S24B300 + Mobile Display
Screen Resolution
1920x1080 + 1920x1080 (running 1366x768)
Hard Drives
128GBt SSD
500GBt HDD
Keyboard
Logitech K360
Mouse
Logitech Anywhere Mouse MX
Internet Speed
Fat
Antivirus
Avast
Browser
Chrome
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