Only thing I can thing of is Virus! When it tried to spread, but the disk is write-protected, so it says "error". Jun Qian Roberto Safora wrote: > What might be the reason for a fdd 3.5" drive that doesnt read write > protected disks? it sends a device not ready message in w98. PCBUILD's List Owner's: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>