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Drive problems, If you cannot save a file to a floppy disk – Dell Inspiron 8000 User Manual

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Solving Problems

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Drive Problems

HINT:

For information

on saving files to a floppy
disk, see the

Tell Me How

help file (see page 26).

If you cannot save a file to a floppy disk

E

N S U RE

T H AT

W

I ND OW S

RE CO GN I Z ES

T HE

DR I VE

Double-click the

My Computer icon. If the floppy 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.

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A N NO T

S A VE

FI LES

T O

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F L OP P Y

DI S K

Ensure that the floppy disk is

not full or write-protected (locked). See the following illustration.

T

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T H E

D RI VE

W I T H

A NO T H ER

FLO PP Y

DI S K

Insert another floppy

disk to eliminate the possibility that the original floppy disk is defective.

write-protected

not write-
protected

back of floppy disk