Troubleshooting
7 - 18 Floppy Disk Drive (FDD)
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Floppy Disk Drive (FDD)
The floppy disk drive will not write data to disk.
possible cause:
The floppy disk is not formatted.
solution:
Format the disk (you may do this by right-
clicking the disk icon in
My Computer
in
Win-
dows
and choosing
Format
from the menu).
Please remember that this will
erase all data
contained on the floppy disk.
Note:
Floppy disks were never intended for long-
term data storage, and have a finite lifespan.
Do not
store important files you wish to keep
for a long time on floppy disks. As a general
rule it is worth reformatting floppy disks regu-
larly.
possible cause:
The floppy disk is write-protected.
solution:
Undo the protection by moving the write-pro-
tect tab on the disk down until it clicks.
possible cause:
There is not enough unused space available on
the disk.
solution:
Use a new disk or delete any unneeded data.
Media Warning
Don’t try to remove a
floppy disk while the
system is accessing it.
This may cause the
system to “crash”.
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