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Troubleshooting Without Diagnostics Solving Diskette Problems (Continued) Problem Drive not found. (continued) Diskette drive cannot write to a diskette. Cannot format diskette. Cause You attempted to hot plug a removable hard drive that has DriveLock security enabled. (This feature supported on select models only.) Diskette is not formatted. Diskette is write-protected. Writing to the wrong drive. Not enough space is left on the diskette. Diskette write control is enabled. Diskette is damaged. Invalid media reported. Solution Shut down Windows and turn off the computer. Insert the drive into the MultiBay, if it is not already inserted. Turn on the computer. Format the diskette. Use another diskette or remove the write protection. Check the drive letter in your path statement. Use another diskette. Use Computer Setup to check your storage security feature disabled settings. Replace the damaged disk. When formatting a disk in DOS, you may need to specify diskette capacity. For example, to format a 1.44-MB diskette, type the following command at the DOS prompt: FORMAT A: /F:1440 Troubleshooting Guide 2-9

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Troubleshooting Guide
2–9
Troubleshooting Without Diagnostics
Drive not found.
(continued)
You attempted to hot
plug a removable
hard drive that has
DriveLock security
enabled. (This feature
supported on select
models only.)
Shut down Windows and turn off
the computer. Insert the drive into
the MultiBay, if it is not already
inserted. Turn on the computer.
Diskette drive cannot write
to a diskette.
Diskette is not
formatted.
Format the diskette.
Diskette is
write-protected.
Use another diskette or remove the
write protection.
Writing to the wrong
drive.
Check the drive letter in your path
statement.
Not enough space is
left on the diskette.
Use another diskette.
Diskette write control is
enabled.
Use
Computer Setup
to check
your storage security feature
disabled settings.
Diskette is damaged.
Replace the damaged disk.
Cannot format diskette.
Invalid media reported.
When formatting a disk in DOS,
you may need to specify diskette
capacity. For example, to format a
1.44-MB diskette, type the following
command at the DOS prompt:
FORMAT A: /F:1440
Solving Diskette Problems
(Continued)
Problem
Cause
Solution