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From: flaps@dgp.toronto.edu (Alan J Rosenthal)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: mac disk locking (Mac)
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Date: 30 Jul 90 21:29:14 GMT
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cos@lclark.BITNET writes:
[disk is damaged]
>The catcher is this: although the disk is physically unlocked, it is marked
>"locked" under the info box, and cannot be modified or unlocked.

You may not be aware that mac floppies have software and hardware
locking.  I don't know how to set or unset the software lock on
floppies, but Virus Blockade has an option to do this.

ajr