Wierd startup behavior /w Spybot & Updater

[Rubberkitty]

I am using 1.5.1.13 it also happened in 1.5.1.12.

Every time I start Spybot or the updater they try to access the floppy drive. Is this intended? This happens on 2 diferent PC's one is running XP and the other is running Vista.

Its not really a problem for me because I rarely use my floppy drive but it is annoying hearing it trying to be accessed.

Thanks

[wk357mag]

I think this is intended to happen. Cause if there was a disk in place, it would scan it for bugs too.

[Rubberkitty]

But what reason would the updater need to access the floppy?

[wk357mag]

I suspect, that if there is a disc there, that it will SCAN that disk as well. So it polls the drive, if nothing is there, it moves on!

[PepiMK]

For the main app, wk357mag got it.

About the updater though, I'm not quite sure, I guess that's just a side-effect where the drive checking is in some generic startup routine of something that's used in both (e.g. trying to locate registry hives etc.).

[Rubberkitty]

Updater still does this in 1.5.1.14 RC1.
Is there any way to manually disable the floppy disk check?

1.5.1.14 RC1 the immunization process seems to be faster. (to me at least ).

[rubydusty]

I am reviving an old computer that uses windows 98 se. The floppy drive appears to be broken, so when I try to open spybot, I can hear it trying to access the floppy drive, then nothing else happens. I can't even look at the start page, it never appears. Any suggestions? Thanks!

[spybotsandra]

Hello,

You can skip the drive a check:
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=17886

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot