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Fri, 17 Oct 2003 00:40:27 -0700
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Re: Write-protected floppies?
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  As I recall, the line in the drive's ribbon cable that carries the write-
protect detection signal runs along one edge of the ribbon.  So damage to
the edge of the floppy drive ribbon cable can sometimes have this symptom.

David Gillett


On 16 Oct 2003 at 10:01, Andrew Parrella wrote:

> I think this is an OS problem. I have Windows98 and
> regardless which application I am in, whenever I try
> to save to a floppy disk an error message pops up
> saying that the disk is write protected. I have tried
> several different disks (none of which are write
> protected) and the same message pops up. Why is this?!
> Thank you,
> Andrew Parrella
>
>
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