Dell Inspiron 8000 - Manual (Page 34)

34 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.
C A N NO T S A VE FI LES T O A 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 ES T 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