Write protection on 3.5" floppy drive

[Manny]

Hello,

I have no trouble reading my 3.5" floppy drive in Windows
XP. But when I try to save - write to it, the screen
displays "drive is Write protected". I made sure the tab on
the floppy is not on write protected. Any ideas? Thank you
for any help. Please email your response to (e-mail address removed) .

 

[Jim Macklin]

The drive has a mechanical or optical detector that "sees"
through the hole with the slider. Your drive is broken.
Buy a new drive. New Egg has drives of good quality at
reasonable prices.




| Hello,
|
| I have no trouble reading my 3.5" floppy drive in Windows
| XP. But when I try to save - write to it, the screen
| displays "drive is Write protected". I made sure the tab
on
| the floppy is not on write protected. Any ideas? Thank you
| for any help. Please email your response to
(e-mail address removed) .

 

[Begotten]

Hmm, check the BIOS for write protection enabled before buying a new FDD.


The drive has a mechanical or optical detector that "sees"
through the hole with the slider. Your drive is broken.
Buy a new drive. New Egg has drives of good quality at
reasonable prices.




| Hello,
|
| I have no trouble reading my 3.5" floppy drive in Windows
| XP. But when I try to save - write to it, the screen
| displays "drive is Write protected". I made sure the tab
on
| the floppy is not on write protected. Any ideas? Thank you
| for any help. Please email your response to
(e-mail address removed) .

 

[Pavel A.]

Check your BIOS setup. Some BIOSes have option to disable write on floppy.

--PA