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FaderMonkey · 12-10-2004, 01:22 PM

So, my dad's PC is giving him a problem. He uses Microsoft Money 2002 and occasionally backs up his data from Money onto a floppy disk. A couple days ago it stopped letting him do that. Now when he tries to do a backup the program says "Unable to access the specified drive." My first guess would be that something is wrong with the drive itself, but he saved to a floppy from a couple other programs and it has worked fine. Any idea on how to troubleshoot this? I use a Mac, so I have no idea how to go about it.

shadowalker · 12-11-2004, 01:02 PM

Try these, in any order of your choice@!

1. Make sure that he did not by chance hit that tab on the disk that locks it from read/write's.
2. Replace the drive entirely (10 bucks tops)
3. Get him using a cd/dvd burner and RW disks. (same as floppys (almost))
4. Get him a Mac!

12-10-2004, 01:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
FaderMonkey Psycho Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Orlando, FL	MS Money can't find my floppy drive So, my dad's PC is giving him a problem. He uses Microsoft Money 2002 and occasionally backs up his data from Money onto a floppy disk. A couple days ago it stopped letting him do that. Now when he tries to do a backup the program says "Unable to access the specified drive." My first guess would be that something is wrong with the drive itself, but he saved to a floppy from a couple other programs and it has worked fine. Any idea on how to troubleshoot this? I use a Mac, so I have no idea how to go about it.

12-11-2004, 01:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
shadowalker Psycho Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Firefox yourself and change the world!	Try these, in any order of your choice@! 1. Make sure that he did not by chance hit that tab on the disk that locks it from read/write's. 2. Replace the drive entirely (10 bucks tops) 3. Get him using a cd/dvd burner and RW disks. (same as floppys (almost)) 4. Get him a Mac! __________________ I'll make ya famous!