how to suppress floppy seek

GS · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 8

how to suppress floppy seek during boot up, login and shutdown/restart?

I tried looking in the bios of the vm but failed to find it. this noisy
seeks of 2 or more seconds does not happen with the other w2k VMA but does
occur with similar copy VMB but with software components changes . after an
copy error message:

ERROR -
Virtual PC has encountered an error on the host while copying files;
An error in Virtual PC has occurred(d2).

after this error message, another new Nt4 vm has same annoying floppy seek
problem

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Colin Barnhorst · Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 210

Have you tried deselecting "Automatically detect floppy disk" in the
settings for the vm's? The Help file has this note concerning Managing
Virtual Floppy Disks:

"When Automatically detect floppy disk is selected, Virtual PC spends
processing time checking for the presence of a floppy disk, which may
decrease the performance of the virtual machine. Selecting this option is
not generally recommended."

"GS" wrote in message @TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> how to suppress floppy seek during boot up, login and shutdown/restart?
>
> I tried looking in the bios of the vm but failed to find it. this noisy
> seeks of 2 or more seconds does not happen with the other w2k VMA but does
> occur with similar copy VMB but with software components changes . after
> an
> copy error message:
>
>
> ERROR -
> Virtual PC has encountered an error on the host while copying files;
> An error in Virtual PC has occurred(d2).
>
>
> after this error message, another new Nt4 vm has same annoying floppy seek
> problem
>
>

gs · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 23

thank you. I found the setting in the vmc files. I did a mass change on all
vmc files. that did the trick
I guess I could have gone to floppy settings for each vm and deselect
detect.

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message @microsoft.com...
> Have you tried deselecting "Automatically detect floppy disk" in the
> settings for the vm's? The Help file has this note concerning Managing
> Virtual Floppy Disks:
>
> "When Automatically detect floppy disk is selected, Virtual PC spends
> processing time checking for the presence of a floppy disk, which may
> decrease the performance of the virtual machine. Selecting this option is
> not generally recommended."
>
>
>
> "GS" wrote in message
> @TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> how to suppress floppy seek during boot up, login and shutdown/restart?
>>
>> I tried looking in the bios of the vm but failed to find it. this noisy
>> seeks of 2 or more seconds does not happen with the other w2k VMA but
>> does
>> occur with similar copy VMB but with software components changes . after
>> an
>> copy error message:
>>
>>
>> ERROR -
>> Virtual PC has encountered an error on the host while copying files;
>> An error in Virtual PC has occurred(d2).
>>
>>
>> after this error message, another new Nt4 vm has same annoying floppy
>> seek
>> problem
>>
>>
>

Colin Barnhorst · Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 210

You're welcome.

"gs" wrote in message
news:%23OaJiyYeIHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> thank you. I found the setting in the vmc files. I did a mass change on
> all vmc files. that did the trick
> I guess I could have gone to floppy settings for each vm and deselect
> detect.
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message
> @microsoft.com...
>> Have you tried deselecting "Automatically detect floppy disk" in the
>> settings for the vm's? The Help file has this note concerning Managing
>> Virtual Floppy Disks:
>>
>> "When Automatically detect floppy disk is selected, Virtual PC spends
>> processing time checking for the presence of a floppy disk, which may
>> decrease the performance of the virtual machine. Selecting this option is
>> not generally recommended."
>>
>>
>>
>> "GS" wrote in message
>> @TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> how to suppress floppy seek during boot up, login and shutdown/restart?
>>>
>>> I tried looking in the bios of the vm but failed to find it. this noisy
>>> seeks of 2 or more seconds does not happen with the other w2k VMA but
>>> does
>>> occur with similar copy VMB but with software components changes .
>>> after an
>>> copy error message:
>>>
>>>
>>> ERROR -
>>> Virtual PC has encountered an error on the host while copying files;
>>> An error in Virtual PC has occurred(d2).
>>>
>>>
>>> after this error message, another new Nt4 vm has same annoying floppy
>>> seek
>>> problem
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>