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| 152471 | 2003-06-14 04:17:00 | Can some one help me please. I can read my floppy discs but when I try and Write to them I get the message that the disc is write protected but it is not. I have tried another drive unit but get the same result | Rodders (4015) | ||
| 152472 | 2003-06-14 07:54:00 | Have you tried reformatting your floppies before writing to them? | Capt Jimbo (17) | ||
| 152473 | 2003-06-15 22:13:00 | Well Rodders, if the floppies can be read, then there is a fair chance they have been formatted otherwise there wouldn't be any data on them to read, so Cap'ns suggestion may not be the reason. After reading this post I was wondering if there was anywhere else in the computer that write-inhibit could be applied to a floppy drive. I can't think of anything off-hand but it seems logical that if HDDs can be made read only without a tab to move, the same could apply to a floppy drive. I haven't time to explore this theory right now, but if anybody else has ideas I'm sure they will post them. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 152474 | 2003-06-15 22:17:00 | Had a flash of inspiration. Go to My Computer then right click on your floppy drive and check sharing. If sharing is enabled the default is read only. Worth a look. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 152475 | 2003-06-21 02:01:00 | Thank you Billy T. I tried to find any thing in "My Computer" for sharing the floppy drive but there was nothing . When I think back this fault occurred after I down loaded an up date to I.E. 5.5 and an up date to Legacy Family tree program. I have checked for conflicts in setup but found nothing. Cheers, Rodders. |
Rodders (4015) | ||
| 152476 | 2003-06-21 03:11:00 | I once had this problem with a 5¼" floppy drive. The write-protect sensor was dead. I spent some time shorting two pads on the PCB with a screwdriver while writing a disk. :D Can you read the disks, and get directories? Check the "security" section of your BIOS. The Phoenix BIOS on my "new" Digital P166 box allows restricting the use of floppies. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 152477 | 2003-06-21 03:13:00 | I once had this problem with a 5¼" floppy drive . The write-protect sensor was dead . I spent some time shorting two pads on the PCB with a screwdriver while writing a disk . :D Can you read the disks, and get directories? Check the "security" section of your BIOS . The Phoenix BIOS on my "new" Digital P166 box allows restricting the use of floppies . |
Graham L (2) | ||
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