Solving Diskette Drive/Superdisk Ls-120 Drive Problems - Compaq Armada 1505DM User Manual

Solving Diskette Drive/SuperDisk LS-120 Drive Problems

Problem Possible Cause
Drive cannot Diskette is not formatted.
write to
a diskette.
Diskette is write-
protected.
Writing to the wrong
drive.
Not enough space is left
on the diskette.
Drive is disabled.
Disable diskette write
ability is turned on.
System cannot A bootable diskette is not
start up from in the drive.
diskette drive or
SuperDisk
LS-120 drive.
Diskette bootability is
disabled in Computer
Setup.
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Solution
Format the diskette.
Use another diskette that
is not write-protected or
disable the write-protect
feature.
Check the drive letter in
your path statement.
Save the information to
another diskette.
Enable the proper drive
through Device Manager.
Run Computer Setup.
Select Device security
from the Security Menu.
Make sure Floppy write
ability is not enabled.
Verify that a diskette with
the necessary system
files is in the drive.
Enable diskette bootabilty
in Computer Setup,
Security Menu.
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