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Can you save to the disk when a notch on a floppy disk is open?

Write-Protect Tab (you call it a "notch") is a little plastic rectangle in the upper right corner of most floppy disks. When the hole is open, the disk is locked and you can't add any more files to the floppy. If the write-Protect Tab is missing, simply cover the hole with a bit of sticky tape and you can add more files to the floppy..


How do you remove a write-protection off a floppy disk?

The old 5.25 inch disks had a notch that is covered/uncoverd for write protection. The not so floppy 3.5 inch disks have a little plastic slide that did the same thing. Software disks in that format might have a notch that can be covered with tape.


Can a floppy disk drive read a floppy disk regardless of how the write protect notch is set?

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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 can you not do to a write protected floppy disk?

The hard plastic case has a slider in it which you can use to open or close the notch as you want. When the notch is open the disk is write protected.


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