www.gateway.com83Diskette driveThe diskette drive is not recognized• Shut down and restart your computer.You cannot save a file to diskette or you see the message“disk is full or write-protected”• Make sure that the write-protection tab on theupper-right corner of the diskette is down (unprotected).• The diskette may be full. Delete unnecessary files on thediskette and try again.• Make sure that the diskette you are using isIBM-compatible.• Try a different diskette. Occasionally diskettes are flawedand cannot be read by the diskette drive.• Run Error-checking on the diskette. For moreinformation, see “Checking the hard drive for errors” onpage 69. If errors are detected and corrected, try usingthe diskette again.You see an “Access Denied” or “Write protect” errormessage• Make sure that the write-protection tab on theupper-right corner of the diskette is down (unprotected).• The diskette may be full. Delete unnecessary files on thediskette and try again.• Make sure that the diskette you are using isIBM-compatible.• Try a different diskette. Occasionally diskettes are flawedand cannot be read by the diskette drive.You see a “Disk is full” error message• Delete unnecessary files on the diskette.• Try a different diskette. Occasionally diskettes are flawedand cannot be read by the diskette drive.• Run Error-checking on the diskette. For moreinformation, see “Checking the hard drive for errors” onpage 69. If errors are detected and corrected, try usingthe diskette again.You see a “Non-system disk” or “Disk error” error message• Eject the diskette from the diskette drive, then pressE NTER.• Make sure that the diskette you are using isIBM-compatible.
