Drive Problems; If You Cannot Save A File To A Floppy Drive - Dell Inspiron 8600 Owner's Manual

Drive Problems

NOTE: For information on saving files to a floppy disk, see the
the help file, see page 94.

If you cannot save a file to a floppy drive

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button and click My Computer. If the drive is not listed, perform a full scan with
your antivirus software to check for and remove viruses. Viruses can sometimes
prevent Windows from recognizing the drive. Insert a bootable disk and restart
the computer. Verify that the
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data to a write-protected disk. See the following figure.
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possibility that the original disk is defective.
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light is blinking, indicating normal operation.
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back of floppy disk
write-protected
not write-protected
— Insert another disk to eliminate the
Tell Me How
help file. To access
— Click the Start
— You cannot save