I installed Google earth software on my computer and had problems with my
computer locking up. I used the Windows XP software removal process to
remove the Google earth software from my system.
After removing the software, my floppy disk drive repeatedly tries to access
a disk even when the drive is empty.
In addition, when I use the cd/rw drive the the drive will run a cd,
however, rather than stopping slowly the drive seems to simply stop all at
once and makes a noise which sounds like the cd is turning on the spindle
which has completely stopped spinning.

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Lanikai

See if clearing your recently opened documents helps the floppy situation issue.
Right-click Start, properties, start menu tab, customize button, advanced tab...

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Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com
"Lanikai" <Lanikai@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3BE6906E-61B6-4DB0-A6ED-DC4773CF8D3B@microsoft.com...
>I installed Google earth software on my computer and had problems with my
> computer locking up. I used the Windows XP software removal process to
> remove the Google earth software from my system.
> After removing the software, my floppy disk drive repeatedly tries to access
> a disk even when the drive is empty.
> In addition, when I use the cd/rw drive the the drive will run a cd,
> however, rather than stopping slowly the drive seems to simply stop all at
> once and makes a noise which sounds like the cd is turning on the spindle
> which has completely stopped spinning.
>
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> Lanikai