Alternately, you could have a bad connection or a bad drive.  A new drive
can be had for about $20, so maybe that's a solution.  In the meantime,
maybe if you check the connection and jiggle things around in the drive, you
might work something lose.

William Closure


----- Original Message -----

> Date:    Fri, 17 Oct 2003 00:40:27 -0700
> From:    David Gillett <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Write-protected floppies?
>
>   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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