Diskette drive, The diskette drive is not recognized, You see a “disk is full” error message – Gateway GT5062b User Manual

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Diskette drive

The diskette drive is not recognized

•

Shut down and restart your computer.

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

•

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

•

Delete unnecessary files on the diskette and try again.

•

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

•

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

•

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

“Checking the hard drive for errors” on

page 68

. If errors are detected and corrected, try using

the diskette again.

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

•

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

•

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

•

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

•

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

You see a “Disk is full” error message

•

Delete unnecessary files on the diskette.

•

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

•

Run Error Checking on the diskette. For more
information, see

“Checking the hard drive for errors” on

page 68

.

You see a “Non-system disk” or “Disk error” error message

•

Eject the diskette from the diskette drive, then press
E

NTER

.

•

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

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