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If you cannot save a file to a floppy disk E N S U R E T H A T W I N D O W S R E C O G N I Z E S T H E D R I V E - In Windows XP, Click the Start button, and then click My Computer. In Windows 2000, doubleclick the My Computer icon on the Windows desktop. 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. TE S T T H E D R I V E W I T H A N O T H E R F L O P P Y D I S K - Insert another floppy disk to eliminate the possibility that the original floppy disk is defective. C A N N O T S A V E F I L E S T O A F L O P P Y D I S K - Ensure that the floppy disk is not full or write-protected (locked). See the following illustration. back of floppy disk write-protected not writeprotected Solving Problems 39

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Solving Problems
39
If you cannot save a file to a floppy disk
E
NSURE
THAT
W
INDOWS
RECOGNIZES
THE
DRIVE
—
In Windows XP,
Click the
Start
button, and then click
My Computer
. In Windows 2000, double-
click the
My Computer
icon on the Windows desktop. 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.
T
EST
THE
DRIVE
WITH
ANOTHER
FLOPPY
DISK
—
Insert another floppy
disk to eliminate the possibility that the original floppy disk is defective.
C
ANNOT
SAVE
FILES
TO
A
FLOPPY
DISK
—
Ensure that the floppy disk is
not full or write-protected (locked). See the following illustration.
not write-
protected
back of floppy disk
write-protected