It could be two things but I'm not familiar with WinXP home. If you right click on the floppy drive in Explorer do you have a sharing and security option? If you do select it and make sure the floppy drive is not read only.
It could also be part of a local security policy. Again I'm not sure about the home edition Go to help and type local security policy in and see what the settings are if any. Ben Moore ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 7:50 PM Subject: Re: PCWorks: WriteProtect > 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. ============= 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 =====================================================
