Troubleshooting
8 - 12 Floppy Disk Drive
8
Floppy Disk Drive
Problem
Possible Cause - Solution
The floppy disk drive will
not write data to disk.
The floppy disk is not formatted.
Format the disk (you may do this by right-clicking the disk
icon in
My Computer
in
Windows
and choosing
Format
from the menu). Bear in mind that
this will
erase all data
contained on the floppy disk.
Note:
Floppy disks were never intended for long-term data storage, and have a finite life
span.
Do not
store important files you wish to keep for a long time on floppy disks. As a
general rule it is worth reformatting floppy disks regularly.
The floppy disk is write-protected.
Undo the protection by moving the write-protect tab on
the disk down until it clicks.
There is not enough unused space available on the disk.
Use a new disk or delete any
unneeded data.
The message
“Invalid
system disk - Replace
the disk, and then
press any key”/
“Remove disks or other
media. Press any key
to restart”
appears.
The computer is trying to boot from an incorrect floppy disk.
Remove the floppy and insert
a correct one, or boot from your hard disk or CD. You will need to restart the computer.
Model Differences
Only
Model A
computers have floppy disk drives (see
“Model Differences” on page 1
- 4
).
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