SMARTDrive Shows Status of Nonexistent Floppy Drives (88145)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows 3.11

This article was previously published under Q88145

SYMPTOMS

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

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-


Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/13/2003
Keywords:KB88145