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From: Bruce_Burrell@um.cc.umich.edu
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Aborting a write to a write-protected disk (PC)
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Date: 6 Sep 89 21:23:34 GMT
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   Several respondants to the "Abort, Retry, Ignore" message have
suggested using Abort.  I disagree strongly: if you do that, usually
you get kicked out to DOS, so e.g. all your current session editing
changes are lost.

   What should be done is to remove the write-protection, and retry.  If
there's not enough space, most programs will take control and allow
a graceful exit. If it fits, but you want it on another disk, so what?
Just save again.  DONT Abort unless you don't care about the current
changes.

[Ed. This is probably a better topic for a group like comp.sys.ibmpc
since it isn't directly virus related.  Nonetheless, it's a fairly
fitting end to this subject (right?).]