I have never seen the error on a floppy drive Ian, but certainly happens on CD, DVD, CDRW and USB Sticks.
An easy fix (some times) is to right click on the drive with issues and select properties, recording tab, and tick enable recording onto this device. If not follow the direction on the link above.
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