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Old 01-07-2003, 06:28 PM   #1
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Disk is write protected

After converting C and D drive to NTFS I can no longer copy any files to my floppy drive. I get;

Cannot copy xxxxxxxx: The disk is write-protected.
Remove the write-protection or use another disk.

I have tried several different floppys.(removed protection)
Is it saying that C or D drive is write protected???
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Old 01-07-2003, 06:47 PM   #2
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It shouldn't matter that you converted your HDs' to NTFS, but what about trying to format a floppy disk? I'm sure you know that little tab window is to be closed to enable writing to floppies. If no luck, I wonderif the drive is actually dirty or going bad. Can you READ floppies that have data on them??
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I've replaced the drive with a known good one and tried at least a dozen different floppies.
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Old 01-07-2003, 07:24 PM   #4
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Problem solved...somehow it got changed to read only in Bios settings.
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John;
Glad to hear you tracked it down, i don't ever recall seeing a setting in any of the PC bois's I have encountered that can do that, which doesn't mean it isn't there, I 've just never noticed, so I am glad too that I have learned something new
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