Diskette drive, The diskette drive is not recognized, You see a “disk is full” error message – Gateway ProfileTM 5 User Manual

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Troubleshooting

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Diskette drive

The diskette drive is not recognized

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Shut down and restart your computer.

You cannot save a file to diskette or you see the message “disk is full
or write-protected”

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Make sure that the write-protection tab on the upper-right corner of the
diskette is down (unprotected).

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Delete unnecessary files on the diskette and try again.

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Make sure that the diskette you are using is IBM-compatible.

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Try a different diskette. Occasionally diskettes are flawed and cannot be
read by the diskette drive.

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Run Error-checking on the diskette. For more information,

If errors are detected and corrected, try

using the diskette again.

You see a “Access Denied” or “Write protect” error message

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Move the write-protection tab in the upper-right corner of the diskette
down (unprotected).

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The diskette may be full. Delete unnecessary files on the diskette and try
again.

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Make sure that the diskette you are using is IBM-compatible.

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Try a different diskette. Occasionally diskettes are flawed and cannot be
read by the diskette drive.

You see a “Disk is full” error message

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Delete unnecessary files on the diskette.

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Try a different diskette. Occasionally diskettes are flawed and cannot be
read by the diskette drive.

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Run Error checking on the diskette. For more information,

If errors are detected and corrected,

try using the diskette again.