Cant format floppy disk

[bernard clark]

my flopp disks drive wont let me format disks keep saying windows wont lat me format disk i have window xp disk work drive work light come on but wont let me read or wright to disk

 

[sturm]

Probably a bad floppy drive. Try a new one. May just be bad disks. 3 1/2 floppies are pretty useless nowadays.

 

[aford10]

Make sure the floppy disk isn't locked.

 

[jm132]

What do you mean by isn't lock.. cause the light and evrything opens on my floppy disk but when i put something for it to be read, it says that its not format, cannot read the disk. When I try to format my floppy disk a prompt appears and says your disk can't be format!

 

[jm132]

Make sure the floppy disk isn't locked.

What do you mean by its not locked !! .. How can I know if its locked!

 

[number13]

first I'm going to assume that you are using 3.5" 1.44M floppies, hold it up so you can see the two openings, one of them has a slider, if it is closed(no light) it's locked, BTW, if these floppies were removed from the drive before the light went off, they make great frisbies

 

[Guest]

Number 13 is correct . Unfortunately most disks sold by retailers are locked as he said hold it up to a light you have to see light from only one of the square openings open. Move the slider on the back of the disk; the one thats locked and you will be able to format. If that doesnt work try a NEW FLOPPY Good Luck

 

[awed1]

My floppy is write protected when the box is ope. When I close the slider, I can write to it.