My floppy disk drive can not write to a diskette – Sony PCG-XG700 User Manual

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Troubleshooting

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1

Click Start, point to Control Panel, and then click on the Mouse icon.

2

Change the button assignments in the Mouse Properties dialog box.
(One of the buttons is assigned to the double-click action.)

The pointer does not move while using the Touchpad or Mouse.

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Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar, and select Shut Down to
display the Shut Down Windows dialog box, then press Enter.

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(Windows Me) If you cannot turn off your notebook as described in the step
above, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete keys (at the same time) twice to restart the
notebook.
(Windows 2000) If you cannot turn off your notebook as described in the
step above, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete keys (at the same time) and click Shut
Down on Windows

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Security screen to restart the notebook.

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If you cannot restart your notebook as described in the step above, press and
hold the power button for more than four seconds to turn off the notebook.

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If the pointer does not move while playing a disc, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete
keys (at the same time) to stop playback and restart the notebook.

Troubleshooting drives, PC cards and peripheral devices

I inserted a compatible device into the multipurpose drive bay, but the icon
does not appear in the My Computer window.

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The device has not been recognized. Put the notebook into System Idle mode
by pressing the Fn and S keys and then resume.

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If the device is still not recognized or does not appear in the My Computer
window, remove and reinsert it.

My floppy disk drive can not write to a diskette.

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If the diskette is write-protected, disable the write-protect feature or use a
diskette that is not write-protected.

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Check that the diskette is properly inserted into the floppy disk drive.

My CD or DVD drive is not playing my CD or DVD properly.

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Make sure the optical drive is inserted correctly into the multipurpose bay.

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Make sure the label of the disc is facing up.

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