Drive Problems; If You Cannot Save A File To A Floppy Drive - Dell Inspiron 600m Owner's Manual

NOTE: For information
on saving files to a floppy
disk, see the Tell Me How
help file. To access the
help file, see "Accessing
Help" on page 98.
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Solving Pr oblems

Drive Problems

If you cannot save a file to a floppy drive

E N S U R E T H A T W I N D O W S
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
E N S U R E T H A T T H E D I S K I S N O T W R I T E
data to a write-protected disk. See the following figure.
T R Y A N O T H E R F L O P P Y D I S K
possibility that the original disk is defective.
®
R E C O G N I Z E S T H E D R I V E
light is blinking, indicating normal operation.
- P R O T E C T E D
back of floppy disk
write-protected
not write-protected
— Insert another disk to eliminate the
— Click the Start
— You cannot save