Dell 7M291, 4500S manual Floppy drive problems

Floppy drive problems

ENSURE THAT WINDOWS® RECOGNIZES THE DRIVE — Double-click My Computer on the desktop. 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.

TEST THE DRIVE

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

•Insert a bootable floppy disk and reboot the computer.

ENSURE THAT THE DISK IS NOT FULL OR WRITE-PROTECTED —

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.

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