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Turn the floppy disk so that the metal ring with the two holes is facing you, and the metal shutter is pointed towards the floor. Look at the top left corner. You will see a plastic tab. When the tab is open (creating two holes at the top of the disk), the disk is write-protected. When the tab is closed, the disk can be written to.
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To write to a floppy disk is it necessary for the write-protect notch to be open or closed?
For you to write to a disk, the write-protect notch must be closed.
What device reads from and write on floppy disk?
dick lick the disk till it splashes
What is the definition of a floppy disk drive?
A piece of hardware to read and write floppy disks.
Can a floppy disk drive read a floppy disk regardless of how the write protect notch is set?
Yes. The write protection notch is the same for USB, floppy, and other portable media. What is is supposed to do is prevent changing of the data, not reading of the data, on the disk.
What does it mean to over write on a floppy disk?
If the same data is already in the floppy disk or any other disk, and you are again copying the same data, then it is called the overwriting ..
Can't write to floppy disk?
check to make sure the disk is not write protected. there is a little tab on a corner of the disk that prevents overwriting.
Why is it a good idea to write protect a floppy disk?
It is a good idea to write protect on a floppy disk because it is a back to make sure the disk doesn't get overwritten. A disk can also be write protected by pushing a small tab on top of the disk to reveal a hole.
What is floppy disk slot?
a floppy disk slot is what you put the floppy disk in on a CPU
What are floppy disketters?
Floppy diskette drives read and write information to a single rotating disk that can be removed from the drive.
How does floppy disk write protection work?
in a floppy drive, a small pin hits the area where that little switch is on the floppy. if it passes through, the floppy drive detects the floppy as write/read. it it doesn't pass through, the floppy drive detects the floppy as read only
How do you make sure a disk is not write protected?
There is a small slide-switch on the floppy to write or protect
Why would your floppy drive replace the contents of your disk with the contents of another disk?
you need to "write protect" your floppy disk.if you turn the floppy disk over you will see a little tab on the lower right hand corner,push this tab down until you can see the hole through it.your disk is now write protected and cannot be overwritten.
