Dell 500m manual Drive Problems, If you cannot save a file to a floppy drive

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U N L OC K TH E S CA N N ER — Ensure that your scanner is unlocked if it has a locking tab or button.

RE I N S T A LL TH E S CA N N E R DR I V E R — See the scanner documentation for instructions.

Drive Problems

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 86.

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 ® R EC O GN I Z E S T H E D RI VE — Click the Start 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 light is blinking, indicating normal operation.

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 -PR O TE C TE D — You cannot save data to a write-protected disk. See the following figure.

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write-protected

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