Removable Disk (A:) Appears in My Computer on Computer with No Floppy Disk Drive (205859)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 95
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When you double click My Computer on a computer with no floppy disk drive installed, a removable disk (A:) appears. When you view the drives in Device Manager, no floppy disk drive is listed because none exists on the computer.
CAUSE
MS-DOS always creates drive A on a computer. When Windows starts, this information is transferred to the real-mode manager (RMM).
STATUS
This behavior is by design.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 7/13/2006 |
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| Keywords: | kbprb kbui KB205859 |
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