Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!ugle.unit.no!ugle.runit.sintef.no!thoger From: thoger@solan.unit.no (Terje Th|gersen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Spurious "Disk is Write Protected" Message-ID: Date: 16 Mar 91 17:22:42 GMT References: <103405@unix.cis.pitt.edu> Sender: news@ugle.unit.no Organization: Institute of Physical Chemistry, NTH Lines: 38 In-Reply-To: djbpitt@unix.cis.pitt.edu's message of 15 Mar 91 01:08:20 GMT In article <103405@unix.cis.pitt.edu> djbpitt@unix.cis.pitt.edu (David J Birnbaum) writes: My 5-1/4" 1.2M floppy drive has been refusing to write to diskettes, telling me that the "Disk is Write Protected." This problem began some six months ago and was very rare; it has since become extremely frequent. In the past, jiggling the diskette a bit would cause the drive to accept it, but this no longer seems to work. [deletions] Thanks, David ======================================================================= Professor David J. Birnbaum djbpitt@vms.cis.pitt.edu [Internet] The Royal York Apartments, #802 djbpitt@pittvms.bitnet [Bitnet] 3955 Bigelow Boulevard voice: 1-412-687-4653 Pittsburgh, PA 15123 USA fax: 1-412-624-9714 Hi! The drive has a little diode over on the left side, that reads the write-protect notch on your floppy. It sounds like this hole has become clogged by dust. Remove your floppydrive, and check this out. The diode is held in place by a single screw. (There are two diodes on the left side of the drive, you want the one closest to the edge, of course. The wrong one is about an inch from the center hole.) Regards, -Terje -- ____________________________________________________________________________ thoger@solan.unit.no | Institute of Physical Chemistry THOGER AT NORUNIT.BITNET | Div. of Computer Assisted Instrumental Analysis | Norwegian Institute of Technology