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From: olsen@hpfcdq.HP.COM (John Olsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: VirusX4.0 (Again)
Message-ID: <4710012@hpfcdq.HP.COM>
Date: 10 Apr 90 14:53:34 GMT
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salan@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU (Salim Alam) writes:
>I have recently discovered that my old A1010 drive does not care
>whether the disk is write protected or not -- programs that write to
>the drive merrily write away even if the write protect tab is set...

You have a broken disk drive.  I've heard of it happening before.  Generally
it's because something (lint, dust, peanut butter) has gotten inside the
drive and is covering the light sensor that can "see" when the disk is write
protected.

If the disk drive says the disk is write protected, you *can't* write to it.
At all.  Ever.  Your disk drive lied to the computer, so the computer felt
obligated to write to your write-protected floppy.

John M. Olsen, Graphics Software Engineer
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