[comp.virus] mac disk locking

flaps@dgp.toronto.edu (Alan J Rosenthal) (07/31/90)

cos@lclark.BITNET writes:
[disk is damaged]
>The catcher is this: although the disk is physically unlocked, it is marked
>"locked" under the info box, and cannot be modified or unlocked.

You may not be aware that mac floppies have software and hardware
locking.  I don't know how to set or unset the software lock on
floppies, but Virus Blockade has an option to do this.

ajr