Keep getting a message saying I need to format disc in F drive...
Hi,
I'm a computer dummy and have a Toshiba laptop Satillte A505 that has recently starting driving me crazy. For the last four days, I keep getting a message box that pops up repeatedly saying I have to format the disc in the F drive - and there is no disc in any drive. I have no idea what it is talking about.
The boxes pps up one after the other, just seconds apart, and by the time I'm done using the laptop, I have to close 20-30 versions of the box all stacked up on one another. That's not to mention the annoying "bonking"noise it makes every time the box pops up.
Any ideas on how to get rid of this problem?
Thanks
Try using System Restore to restore a previous restore point from before this became an issue.
- Peter
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