a: drive chatter when opening Notepad and Word

[rik]

Try clearing the "Recently opened Documents" list.

[mommabear]

Try clearing the "Recently opened Documents" list.

Nope. Doesn't fix it.

I am using the Windows Classic Mode in my XP Home, but I don't think that would matter. I hope not anyway. I can't find anything using the "new" XP GUI. lol!

Thanks for trying.

[Tinker]

Place a floppy in Drive A, now open notepad with a small .txt file of some kind. While in notepad save to file a location on your hard drive.

I hope that works. It has for me in the past.

Good luck...