Technicsman wrote:

> tHi all, can anyone help, on putting a floppy disk into the drive and trying
> to format it an error message comes and says the disk is write protected. the
> first thing i thought of was the tab on the disk but that is not it. i did a
> few weeks ago make some changes to my system but I do not rember doing
> anthing with the floppy drive. it will read disk and display what is on them
> but it will not let you delate or format disk. I just do not know where to
> start looking for anser to this problem can anyone please help as I have a
> lot of stuff on floppy disk


Floppy disk drives do fail. If the write-protect tab on the floppy
is in the proper position, then the write-protect sensor in the
floppy disk drive has become defective. Test the floppy diskette in
another computer with a known, working floppy disk drive. If the
floppy diskette is OK, then make one last check of the cable inserts
and power. Use compressed air to gently clean out the diskette slot.
If still not working, then note that floppy diskette drives are
relatively inexpensive and can be easily replaced.