Something else comes to mind here, some floppies come packaged formatted,
and some do not. Try formatting the disk, even if the packaging says that
they are formatted, and then check to see if the files you are trying to
copy are less than 1.44 MB.

Good luck,
Dean Kiley

> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Patti Kiml
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] copying to disk
>
> Every time that I try to copy something to a disk any more, the =
> following message shows up  :  "Cannot copy-----.Disk is =
> write-protected. Remove write-protection or use another disk."  This has
> never happened before.  Also, sometimes, I can jiggle the tab on the =
> disk, and it will let me copy one thing, but can never get anything else =
> on the disk.  Can you help me please?? Am I doing something wrong??
>
> I have Windows 98, and I usually use a fresh disk.  There is no problem
> when I try to copy from other PC's.  My computer is about 5 years
> old...could it be too old?   The disk drive  reads the disks fine.
>  Patricia Kiml

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