I hate to give up my SONY camera, but recently it won't read ANY floppies I try to use. It gives the message on the screen "DISK PROTECT" what can I do to resolve this? Please help, I sure don't want to purchase a new one as we've grown old together.
Nov 05, 2012 | Computers & Internet
This is a common problem with the Mavica FD95. There is a little switch in the drive slot to sense the write protect tab on the disk.
If you hold open the drive door without a disk in, you should see this switch where the write protect tab goes. Try operating the switch with a matchstick a few dozen times to attemp to clean the contacts. If that doesn't work then Very carefully let a drop of switch cleaner run into the switch and try operating it a few times then let it dry. Failing that you might want to open the camera to get to the terminals on the switch and test it with a multimeter.
If the switch is faulty and a replacement is not availble then you could just short(or disconnect) it to fool the drive into thinking any disk is writable.
Good luck
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Camera saves pics to a floppy disk (or a memory card in an adapter that looks like a floppy disk). Camera isn't finding the disk when it's in the camera and gives an error. Unsure what the problem is exactly, but I think something is wrong with the drive inside the camera. Wondering too if it would cost more to fix than a new camera would.
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