Dell Inspiron 2500 Solutions Guide - Page 41

Unexpected Characters DI S A BL E T H E N U M ER I C K E Y P A D- Press the key to disable the numeric keypad. Verify that the numbers lock light is not lit. Drive Problems 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 Me and 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. CA N N O T S AV E F I LE S T O A F LO P P Y DI S K - Ensure that the floppy disk is not full or write-protected (locked). See the following illustration. T ES T TH E D R I VE W IT H AN O T H ER F L OP P Y D I S K - Insert another floppy disk to eliminate the possibility that the original floppy disk is defective. back of floppy disk write-protected not writeprotected S o l v i n g P r o b l e m s 41