everytime i try a message tells me i can't delete because the disc is copy protected or right protected, and if i want to delete i have to remove it. How? Someone i asked said slide the bit over that moves, but i tried that, and it doesn't make a difference.
2006-11-20 00:42:53 · 7 answers · asked by achtung12001 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
there is a little plastic switch at the bottom of the rear side of the disc (a bit like that plastic tab you can remove from vhs videos) just make sure the tab is switched and bobs your auntie.
2006-11-20 00:45:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Indeed there is a little tab in the disk corner. if you can see through the hole then the disk is write protected. To stop this just flick back the tab so the hole is obscured. You may have the same problem if the Switch/opto device which senses the hole is jamed or broken so if you close the hole and it still doesn't work you may have a faulty drive. This also goes for the 5 1/4 " disks
2006-11-20 00:49:28 · answer #2 · answered by acontractornow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might want to bring up the floppy disc propeties from my computer and see if you actually have 'read and write' access or just 'read only' on that specific disc and again, check the properties of the files on the floppy too if that doesn't work.
That said, it's an awful lot of hassle for only 1.4MB of space on an unreliable medium, try an online service such as BOX.net for file backups, you don't sound like you'll need any of the 'pro' features so the 1GB free account will be fine.
http://www.box.net
If you're just wanting to destroy the data you could just pull the disc appart and take the magnetic tape disc and cut it up or burn it if you want to be completely secure.
2006-11-20 01:30:25 · answer #3 · answered by milkandmonsters 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First you ought to reproduction the record from the floppy disk on your laptop then throw the floppy interior the rubbish and purchase a usb thumb stress. Floppy disks are very liable to records being incorrectly written simply by many distinctive reasons ie.. undesirable sectors, undesirable high quality floppy disk, and so forth......
2016-12-17 13:04:04 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you will see a small square hole at the top left turn the disk over and there will be a small plastic square push this down to make the disk writable again if this is down already i fear the disk is defective
2006-11-20 00:46:01 · answer #5 · answered by micky&lou j 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
move the little tab thingy in the corner of the disc...
2006-11-20 00:46:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop using old floppy disk and pass to CD or even DVD. This will help you solve all your problems!
2006-11-20 00:49:47 · answer #7 · answered by Gongolina 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋