rickmastfan67 Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 I have just upgraded to the new 2.11 version from 2.10 and have now noticed that whenever I switch drives in the GUI, my floppy drive is activated. So, for instance, when I start Defraggler, it defaults to drive C in the GUI. Then when I click on say, Drive F (which is another normal Hard Drive), I hear my floppy drive getting activated for a moment on my system. This never happened in any of the previous builds. Is there a way to get the program to stop trying to access drive A unless I click on it inside of the GUI? If not, can that be an option to prevent the program from attempting to access my floppy drive? Thanks. Oh, I'm running Windows 7 x64 if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eL_PuSHeR Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Hello. I am using DF 2.11 under Win7 x64. I don't know why but I have noticed this version accesses floppy drive a lot, even when selecting an HD partition to analyse. Is this intentional or is it a bug? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eL_PuSHeR Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 This seems to be the same issue as I have posted HERE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted October 21, 2012 Moderators Share Posted October 21, 2012 Try to turn off "removable Discs" in Defraggler settings ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted October 21, 2012 Moderators Share Posted October 21, 2012 Try to turn off "removable Discs" in Defraggler settings ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmastfan67 Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 Try to turn off "removable Discs" in Defraggler settings Have already tried that. No difference as my floppy drive still keeps getting accessed whenever I click on any of my normal HDD's in 2.11 in the GUI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Fast Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Not a fix for Defraggler, but you can disable Floppy Disk Controller in Device Manager, & it will turn off Floppy Disk drives. Edit: I verify that this annoying floppy access occurs, even WITH removable drives unselected in Defraggler 2.11, if you have floppy drive enabled in Device Manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eL_PuSHeR Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 A somewhat crude workaround. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_B Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 If you disable the Floppy Disc Controller and then Windows dies, How then can you boot your computer from a floppy disc ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmastfan67 Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 Not a fix for Defraggler, but you can disable Floppy Disk Controller in Device Manager, & it will turn off Floppy Disk drives. Edit: I verify that this annoying floppy access occurs, even WITH removable drives unselected in Defraggler 2.11, if you have floppy drive enabled in Device Manager. Or just downgrade back to v2.10 which I'm considering doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eL_PuSHeR Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 it's not a big deal to me. Other than the slightly annoying floppy drive access 2.11 is performing well for me. On the other hand, I would recommend people staying with 2.10 because 2.11 doesn't offer any big improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Fast Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 On the other hand, I would recommend people staying with 2.10 because 2.11 doesn't offer any big improvement. SSD drive support? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eL_PuSHeR Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 I thought SSD drives didn't need to be defragged. Or do you mean better detection of SSD drives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechHarmony Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 I agree that new Defraggler ver 2.11 is now causing my floppy drive (which is mostly broken... ) to make chunking or grinding read sounds every time that: - Defraggler starts up, - Defraggler disk focus is changed to a different HD (by my clicking on different HD), - whenever I use Right-click to Check a folder from Explorer, - whenever I use Right-Click to Defragment a file or folder from Explorer. I NEVER click on the Floppy drive A itself (from Windows) - and actually, it does not even show in the Defraggler drive list. I also have unchecked (removed) the reference to "Show Removeable drives" as suggested. But making that change to not show them makes no difference -- Defraggler 2.11 still causes the floppy drive to grind. And though I do not generally defragment my many removeable flash drives, I do find it useful and interesting to be able to see how space is being used on them. So I do not think I will like to have "Removeable Drives" permanently off. My only 'solution' may be to open the computer and remove the data and power cables to the floppy drive... which may be OK for me since the drive rarely functions properly, but not so good for people who have working floppy drive(s). [Windows XP Pro SP3, 2 GB RAM, P4 3.2GHz, Sony Vaio PCVRS530G minitower] The Universe is intelligent and friendly 8-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechHarmony Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Thanks for the Disable Floppy via Hardware Device Manager suggestion. This works for me as my floppy drive is actually mostly broken and rarely works (and so I rarely even try to put a floppy in there). I just did the Disable Device and now Defraggler does not cause the floppy chunk/grind noise. Of course, this is a solution for relatively few, as most folks with a working Floppy drive will not want this as a permananent workaround. The Universe is intelligent and friendly 8-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted October 23, 2012 Moderators Share Posted October 23, 2012 please note: while the rarely comment, the developers read all threads so they are most likely aware that you are experiencing these issues ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eL_PuSHeR Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 This is a double-post topic. Maybe some moderator could merge the two related topics (this one and the other one located in the bug reporting section). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechHarmony Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Yes, a merge sounds like a good idea. Keep the same reported issue in one thread. Sorry if I posted this to the wong thread -- I just did not want to start a new (third) thread. And I am never exactly sure whether an issue should be in one of the two subforums, or the parent forum. I confess, I am confused by the structure of three forum areas for Defraggler: -- Defraggler Discussion (parent forum): . . . . . . . . . . .| -- Defraggler Bug Reporting (sub forum) . . . . . . . . . . .| -- Defraggler Suggestions (sub forum) with all three having content. Yes, clear that bugs should be in the Bug Reporting sub forum. But I see suggestions in both Suggestions and Discussion (parent). Perhaps the Discussion top level is supposed to be for non-bugs and no-suggestions...? The Universe is intelligent and friendly 8-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted October 26, 2012 Moderators Share Posted October 26, 2012 I'm merging now, you may lose your notifications so look in the bugs thread ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eL_PuSHeR Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Thanks Nergal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Fast Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 If you disable the Floppy Disc Controller and then Windows dies, How then can you boot your computer from a floppy disc ? I don't. All my Windows disks are bootable CD/DVD's. I boot from those, or I use a bootable USB flash drive. My Windows 95/98/ME are merged onto a single bootable CD with floppy commands (fdisk/chkdsk/format, etc.). My W2K, & XP are bootable CD, & bootable DVD for 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmastfan67 Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 Just wanted to post an update to this. Version 2.12.628 was just released yesterday and this bug was NOT fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Fast Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Oh great! LOL! 2.10, here I come! How long do I need to keep 2.10? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmastfan67 Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 Just wanted to post another update to this. Version 2.13.670 was just released the other day and this bug was NOT fixed................... This was a major regression IMO since v2.10. At no time when selecting a HD inside the GUI should the Floppy Disk drive be triggered! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted February 20, 2013 Moderators Share Posted February 20, 2013 it would be nice to see this fixed eventually, but at worst, it's an audible annoyance, no more. at least on my machine... Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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