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How to protect a floppy disk?

Updated: 10/3/2023
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To write-protect (stop deletion, overwriting, or adding to) a 3 1/4" floppy disk, slide the tiny plastic tab at the back of the disk (opposite the shutter), so that it is open.

To protect a disk from damage, keep it in a dry, temperature-controlled environment free of dust and smoke. Avoid any contact with strong magnetic field (sudh as on top of stereo speakers).

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Keep the floppy disk away from magnetic fields.

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Set the 'Write Protect' switch on the disk to protect.

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You have Locked it by sliding the tab on the back side of the disc

You can read it, but you cannot write on it.

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put the files on a CD...

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How do you make sure a disk is not write protected?

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What you inside a floppy disk into a so that data stored in the floppy disk can be read?

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