Hi June, Write protection of a 3.5 floppy. The 3.5 floppies have a button on the back that you can slide up or down, which opens or closes a hole. Hole open = disk is write protected. (Read only) Hole closed = can write to disk. Formatting a 3.5 disk: 1. Use Windows Explorer to navigate to and highlight "3 1/2 Floppy (A:)" 2. With cursor on the highlighted "3 1/2 Floppy (A:)", right click on your mouse. 3. Select "Format". 4. For format type, select "Full" 5. Click on "start" NOTE: "Full" format is recommended to ensure your old floppies haven't developed bad places on the disk, and to ensure previous formatting hasn't become too weak to be picked up by the disk drive. Reformatting rejuvenates the disk, or blocks off the areas that can't be fixed. The reformatting will tell you if the disk has bad sectors. Whenever I run across one that has bad sectors, I throw it away, because it's an indication the disk may be on its last gasp. I know others who have just pulled out an old disk and placed data on it, and then experienced loss of data on that disk. Reformatting before use helps prevent that. Woody ~~~~~~~~<>~~~~~~~~~~ [email protected] writes: > How do you turn off the Write Protection? > Could someone please explain how to format discs to be used again? And/or > How to turn off the Write Protection?