Working with floppy disks
Preparation for use and operation
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Working with floppy disks
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Follow the instructions supplied by the vendor of the floppy disks.
Never clean the floppy disk drives with cleaning disks. Even just one attempt would
destroy the read/write head in the disk drive within 20 seconds.
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1 = Insertion direction
2 = Label area
3 = Write protection tab for a 720 Kbyte or a 1.44 Mbyte floppy disk
4 = Identification of a 1.44 Mbyte floppy disk or write protect tab on a 120 Mbyte floppy disk
5 = Eject button for inserted floppy disks
6 = Floppy disk is write-protected
7 = Floppy disk is not write-protected
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To insert a floppy disk, push it into the drive in the insertion direction (1) until it engages. The
label should be facing upward.
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To remove the floppy disk, press the eject button (5).
The write-protect slider enables you to protect the data on the floppy disk from inadvertent
overwriting or deletion.
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To protect the data on the floppy disk from being overwritten, push the write-protect slider to
position (6). The hole is now visible.
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To remove write protection, push the slider to position (7). The hole is now covered.
