High-Capacity Floppy Disk Drive (sfloppy) Service Defaults in Windows 8
SCSI Floppy Driver by Microsoft Corporation.
Default Settings
| Startup type: | Manual |
| Display name: | High-Capacity Floppy Disk Drive |
| Service name: | sfloppy |
| Service type: | kernel |
| Error control: | normal |
| Path: | %SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\sfloppy.sys |
| Registry key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\sfloppy |
Default Behavior
The High-Capacity Floppy Disk Drive service is a kernel device driver. In Windows 8 it will not be started until the user starts it. If High-Capacity Floppy Disk Drive fails to start, the error details are added to Windows 8 error log. When the operating system startup is complete, the user is being notified that the sfloppy service hasn't been started.
Restore Default Startup Configuration of High-Capacity Floppy Disk Drive
1. Run the Command Prompt as an administrator.
2. Copy the command below, paste it into the command window and press ENTER:
sc config sfloppy start= demand
3. Close the command window and restart the computer.
The sfloppy service is using the sfloppy.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 8 installation media.