Drive Problems; If You Cannot Save A File To A Floppy Disk Drive - Dell Inspiron PP01X Owner's Manual

Drive Problems

If you cannot save a file to a floppy disk 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.
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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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P R O T E C T E D
back of floppy disk
write-protected
not write-
protected
— Insert another disk to eliminate the
C
—
lick the Start
— You cannot save
HINT: For information
on saving files to a floppy
disk, see the Tell Me How
help file. To access the
help file, see page 72.
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