Why does floppy diskette show error?

Every time I put in a certain 3.5 diskette, I get a "cyclic redundancy error." What is this, and how can I fix it?

This question was answered on April 12, 2001. Much of the information contained herein may have changed since posting.

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Hello and thank you for your question.

This "certain" diskette may have a virus that is being blocked by the "boot sector protection" on your motherboard Get rid of it!!

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Posted by Lanny of Chandler-Gilbert Community College on April 12, 2001

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