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# Troubleshooting

If you forget to insert a floppy for a slow format, GFloppy will show .

Figure 8. No floppy disk

If GFloppy displays under a slow format, your floppy is write protected. To un-write protect your floppy, eject it, and turn it over. Standard 3.5" floppies will have a small black tab in the upper-left corner - slide it down so it covers the hole. If your 3.5" floppy does not have a black tab, it is permanently write protected, and you should get another floppy.

Figure 9. Write protected

When performing a quick format, GFloppy will show you if you forgot to insert a floppy, or if it is write protected.

Figure 10. Quick Format - no floppy or write protected

If you can't choose to format DOS floppies, as shown in , you need to install `mtools`.

| Tip
| On an RPM based system, such as Red Hat, you can install `mtools` using `GnoRPM`, from the System of the Main Menu.

Figure 11. Cannot format DOS floppies

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