re can t write to floppy in article qndvd jhn usenet ins cwru edu da cleveland freenet edu andy nicola writes in a previous article limagen hpwala wal hp com says ok all you experts need answer quick machine floppy unable to write to a formated disk machine claims that disk is write protected but it is not note it ll read s with no problem please e mail or post if the disk is not an hd type disk i e with the extra hole in the case opposite the normal write protect hole the drive will not write to the disk you can punch a similar hole with whatever is handy or buy a small device a square hole puncher for about see the back pages of computer shopper magazine for it to be brief make the hole any way you can or no writing andy nicola of course you should be able to write a dd kb disk without making any holes stig
