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by lesalex

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Hi
I am using win95 on a old 486 pc and every time I try to copy a file from the a:drive the following errors have come up.
"cannot copy xxx (where x is the file name)
the system cannot read from from the specified device,when clicking ok it comes up with the following "this program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.When clicking on a exe file on a:drive it comes up with the following.
"this operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer.please contact your system administrator.As I have had no problem before
copying from a:drive I'd like to know whats wrong.
Thanks
Leslie

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by timthetoolman

Hi,

Check out...

http://hackingtruths.box.sk/untold.htm
(remove spaces from URL)

...and look for the section...

Ban Shutdowns : A trick to Play on Lamers

The problem isn't exactly the same as yours but the message is. Could someone be playing a trick on you and have hacked your PC to give you trouble?

Even if this isn't the case, cleaning the registry may help.

Also look at...

http://www.windows-help.net/windows95/troub-28.shtml

For instructions.

Cheers,
Tim.

by @lberto

Are you connected to a network?, if so, probably your administrator disable the option of read/write on your floppy drive.
If it is a standalone system then either your floppy is damaged or your Windows 95 is corrupted.
Please give me a little more details to help you better.
@lberto
alberto@pancarib.com

by republic_resource

("It's broke"): purchase a floppy drive cleaner for around $10.00 and then try again after the cleaning; if possible try the drive in another system; or purchase another floppy drive for less than $20.00 and usually around $17.00

by brent t

Are you trying the same file on the same floppy and getting the error? If so try another floppy (and another file) to see what happens. Otherwise could be a few things, bad floppy or cable, or there is some kind of security setup on the PC not allowing copying of *.exe files. I would lean towards a bad floppy, just swap the floppy with anther as a quick test.

Good Luck

by brent t

Bad Floppy Drive I mean. Swap the floppy drive with another PC, for a quick test.
:)

by blackcurrant

Hi

Try the following:

Enter the BIOS and check that the floppy drive is not swapped
Go into device manager and delete the floppy drive controller - when you reboot it will be reinstated.
If these do not work run a diagnostics utility programto check the drive. I have had the same problem in the past and one of these solutions has rectified the problem

Hope this helps

Mark

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