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www.dell.com | support.dell.com Floppy Disk and Hard Drive Problems NOTE: For information on saving files to a floppy disk, see the Dell Inspiron Help file. To access the help file, see page 9. If you cannot save a file to a floppy disk drive 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 - Click the Start button and click My Computer. If the 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. Insert a bootable disk and restart the computer. E N S U R E T H A T T H E D I S K I S N O T W R I T E - P R O T E C T E D - You cannot save data to a write-protected disk. See the following figure. back of floppy disk write-protected not write-protected TR Y A N O T H E R F L O P P Y D I S K - Insert another disk to eliminate the possibility that the original disk is defective. REINSTALL THE DRIVE - 1 Save and close any open files, exit any open programs, and shut down the computer. 2 Remove the drive from the module bay. See page 41 for instructions. 3 Reinstall the drive. 4 Turn on the computer. 74 Solving Problems

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Solving Problems
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Floppy Disk and Hard Drive Problems
NOTE:
For information on saving files to a floppy disk, see the
Dell Inspiron Help
file. To access the help
file, see page 9.
If you cannot save a file to a floppy disk drive
E
NSURE
THAT
W
INDOWS
RECOGNIZES
THE
DRIVE
—
Click the
Start
button
and click
My Computer
. If the 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. Insert a bootable disk and restart
the computer.
E
NSURE
THAT
THE
DISK
IS
NOT
WRITE
-
PROTECTED
—
You cannot save data to
a write-protected disk. See the following figure.
T
RY
ANOTHER
FLOPPY
DISK
—
Insert another disk to eliminate the possibility
that the original disk is defective.
R
EINSTALL
THE
DRIVE
—
1
Save and close any open files, exit any open programs, and shut down the
computer.
2
Remove the drive from the module bay. See page 41 for instructions.
3
Reinstall the drive.
4
Turn on the computer.
not write-protected
back of floppy disk
write-protected