MS Excel problem with Floppy Drive [RESOLVED]

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I have just recently begun to have a slight problem when using Microsoft Excel 2003 on my Windows XP Pro machine. I have used it steadily for quite a long time with no problems but suddenly it tries to read the floppy drive any time I click a cell or select a range of cells or try to scroll the data. Seemingly any time data would be checked or accessed; it doesn't try to read the floppy when dialog boxes or menu functions are used.

There doesn't appear to be any sacrifice to performance or the program use in general, just the nuisance of hearing the drive buzz every time I click a cell.

• I have run the repair office 2003 function from the Office CD.

• I have removed the Excel component and then reinstalled it.

• I have done a full system scan using Norton AV 2005 with recent virus defs.

• I have even unplugged the floppy just to see what happens and it obviously doesn't buzz but the program will pause for 5-10 seconds before it resumes only to pause again the next time i click a cell.

For what I know to do, I have done basically everything short of Fully removing MS Office and then reinstalling it...which I would do assuming my emails and contacts wouldn't be dropped from Outlook after I reinstall.

Does anybody know anything at all about this or heard of anything like this. It does this floppy read thing for any and all excel files, even a newly created blank one.

I am at a loss.

Thanks!

Update: I have completely uninstalled and reinstalled Office 2003...no luck.
Then I swapped the floppy out with one that I know is in good order in the hopes that it was the drive but I get the same result with the different drive. Could this be a windows glitch developed over time or hopefully not a motherboard/other hardware issue. Any ideas or advice would still be appreciated. I'd hate to have to reformat