Dell K0004, DHM manual Drive Problems, Floppy drive problems, Back of floppy disk Write-protected

Drive Problems

Floppy drive problems

EN S U R E T H A T WI N D O W S ® R E C O G N I Z E S T H E D R I V E — Click the Start button and click My Computer. If the floppy 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.

TE S T T H E D R I V E —

•Insert another disk to eliminate the possibility that the original floppy disk is defective.

•Insert a bootable floppy disk and reboot the computer.

EN S U R E T H A T T H E D I S K I S N O T F U L L O R W R I T E -P R O T E C T E D —

Ensure that the disk has available space and that it is not write-protected (locked). See the following illustration.

back of floppy disk

write-protected

not write- protected

NOTICE: Do not attempt to clean drive heads with a swab. You may accidentally misalign the heads, which can render the drive inoperable.

CL E A N T H E D R I V E — Use a commercially available cleaning kit.

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