Floppy Disk Driver (flpydisk) Service Defaults in Windows 10

Floppy Driver by Microsoft Corporation.

Default Settings

Startup type: Manual
Display name:Floppy Disk Driver
Service name:flpydisk
Service type:kernel
Error control:normal
Path:%SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\flpydisk.sys
Registry key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\flpydisk

Default Behavior

Floppy Disk Driver is a kernel device driver. In Windows 10 it is starting only if the user, an application or another service starts it. If Floppy Disk Driver fails to start, the failure details are being recorded into Event Log. Then Windows 10 will start up and notify the user that the flpydisk service has failed to start due to the error.

Restore Default Startup Configuration of Floppy Disk Driver

1. Run the Command Prompt as an administrator.

2. Copy the command below, paste it into the command window and press ENTER:

sc config flpydisk start= demand

3. Close the command window and restart the computer.

The flpydisk service is using the flpydisk.sys file that is located in the C:\Windows\System32\drivers directory. If the file is removed or corrupted, read this article to restore its original version from Windows 10 installation media.