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Can not write to A:\
Name: Langener Date: December 5, 2003 at 11:02:45 Pacific OS: 98 CPU/Ram: 333/128
Comment:
On a GATEWAY Laptop I can not write to the A:\ drive. Error Mesaage: Stream write error! What does this mean? Thanks.
Name: baghead_uk Date: December 5, 2003 at 12:00:04 Pacific
Reply:
This could be caused by not having WRITE access to the directory
check about in the floppy properties m8
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Response Number 2
Name: winipcfg Date: December 5, 2003 at 12:33:38 Pacific
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Hi Langener, I have come up with 5 possible causes. 1.) The floppy is write protected. 2.) The floppy is bad. 3.) The floppy drive is bad. 4.) Some BIOS have a feature to disable writing to the floppy drive. Check that. 5.) The floppy drive is posessed by the spirit of the deceased 5.5 in. floppy drive. You'll need an exorcist for that one. Or maybe a good computer tech. But seriously, go into your device manager and remove the drive, then reinstall it. See if that helps. Post back with results. Good Luck, ~winipcfg
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Response Number 3
Name: winipcfg Date: December 5, 2003 at 12:43:43 Pacific
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I meant 5.25 in
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Response Number 4
Name: Jim Date: December 5, 2003 at 13:06:06 Pacific
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Use this to test the read/write heads http://tufftest.com/free.htm
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Response Number 5
Name: beansoup Date: December 5, 2003 at 16:26:02 Pacific
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Hi y'all
Check your bios to see if the A: is chosen or the B: Make sure the A: is chosen...Don't know if that will help, but worth a check, anyway...
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