Epson 500 Series User Manual

Diskette Problems

If you have trouble accessing data on a disckette, follow steps

to identify the problem:

1 .

Is the diskette properly inserted in the drive? Remove the

diskette from the drive and make sure it is inserted with the 

label facing up.

2 .

1.44MB diskettes.

3. Is the diskette write-protected? If you want to copy to a diskette,

it must not be write-protected. If the write-protect switch is

set, first make sure the diskette does not contain files you do

not want to change or lose. Then move the switch to remove

the write protection. Ordinarily, it's a good idea to leave
program diskettes write-protected, some programs don't

work properly using write-protected diskettes.

4.

Is the diskette formatted? A new diskette must be formatted

before you can store data on it. See your operating system

manual for instructions.

5.

Is  the diskette damaged? Use your backup copy of the diskette

and repeat the operation that caused the problem. If the

operation works using the copy, the original diskette is

probably damaged. Discard it and use the copy.

If you need to save the files on the original diskette, try using

the COPY command to copy one file at a time.

6 .

Try formatting  a blank diskette to determine if the diskette

drive is operating peroperly. If yoiu cannot format a diskette,

see the following section.

Troubleshooting 

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