3.Check to see if you have inserted the right type of diskette. For example, are you trying to read a 1.44MB diskette in a 720KB diskette drive? See “Types of Diskette Drives” in Chapter 1 for more information.

4.If your diskette is the right type for your drive, see if it is write-protected. On a 3.5-inch diskette, the write-protect switch may be set to the write-protect position or there may be no switch. On a 5.25-inch diskette, there may be a write-protect tab over the notch on its side or there may be no notch. You cannot alter data on a write-protected diskette. (Some application programs do not function properly if the diskette is write-protected. Check the program manual.) See Chapter 1 for more information.

5.Is the diskette formatted? A new diskette must be formatted before you can store data on it. See your operating system documentation for instructions on formatting diskettes.

6.Did you receive one of the following MS-DOS error messages?

Disk Drive Error: Abort, Ignore, Retry?Disk error reading drive d:Disk error writing drive d:

If you see one of these messages, make sure the diskette is properly inserted in the drive. If the problem persists, try removing the diskette and reinserting it.

If the error message still occurs, you may have a defective diskette. Try copying the files from the bad diskette to a new diskette.

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