Q88145: SMARTDrive Shows Status of Nonexistent Floppy Drives

Article: Q88145
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 16-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11 
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SYMPTOMS
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SMARTDrive (SMARTDRV.EXE) version 4.0 from Windows 3.1 shows the status of
floppy drives A and B, even if no floppy disk drives are installed.

WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, specifically instruct SMARTDrive not to cache the
missing floppy drives. For example, type the following at the MS-DOS command
prompt:

  c:\windows\smartdrv.exe a- b-

Additional query words: 3.10 3.11 smartdrive diskette caching missing removed non-existent nonexistent

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin310 kbWin311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11

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