Wally, I'm using XP Home edition and I don't find an option for Floppy Write Protect. I recommend that you go to Device Manager, expand the Floppy Disk Drives, then R-click on the Floppy. There is a Trouble shooting option there if it indicates that it isn't working properly. It might be as simple as uninstalling the disk driver and then doing a reinstall. . .
HTH, Ed -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 12:46 PM Subject: PCWorks: WriteProtect Hi: I am checking a Dell SmartStep 1000 computer for a friend and have a problem with write protect for the 3.5" floppy drive. The computer has a Celeron 1000 MHz CPU, a CDRom drive and a hard drive with fat 32. The operating system is windows XP, home edition. At present the system is working, except that the 3.5" floppy drive is write protected and will not allow copying data or files to any disk inserted into it. The disks have the write protect tabs closed, so there should be no trouble writing to them. I substituted an other 3.5" floppy drive with a different cable, and the problem is still there. This computer has everything on the motherboard. Does windows XP have a method of setting the floppy drive to operate write protected, regardless of the disk tab? Should I be looking on the motherboard for a jumper that might be set to do this? All help will be appreciated. Wally ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
