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Diskette drive
The diskette drive is not recognized
•
Shut down and restart your computer.
You cannot save a file to diskette or you see the message
“disk is full or write-protected”
•
Make sure that the write-protection tab on the
upper-right corner of the diskette is down (unprotected).
•
Delete unnecessary files on the diskette and try again.
•
Make sure that the diskette you are using is
IBM-compatible.
•
Try a different diskette. Occasionally diskettes are flawed
and cannot be read by the diskette drive.
•
Run Error-checking on the diskette. For more
information, see
“Checking the hard drive for errors” on
page 68 . If errors are detected and corrected, try using
the diskette again.
You see an “Access Denied” or “Write protect” error
message
•
Move the write-protection tab in the upper-right corner
of the diskette down (unprotected).
•
The diskette may be full. Delete unnecessary files on the
diskette and try again.
•
Make sure that the diskette you are using is
IBM-compatible.
•
Try a different diskette. Occasionally diskettes are flawed
and cannot be read by the diskette drive.
You see a “Disk is full” error message
•
Delete unnecessary files on the diskette.
•
Try a different diskette. Occasionally diskettes are flawed
and cannot be read by the diskette drive.
•
Run Error Checking on the diskette. For more
information, see
“Checking the hard drive for errors” on
page 68 .
You see a “Non-system disk” or “Disk error” error message
•
Eject the diskette from the diskette drive, then press
E
NTER
.
•
Make sure that the diskette you are using is
IBM-compatible.
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