NEC VERSA 6220 User Manual page 174

What happens if I leave a diskette in my diskette drive?
Shutting down your system with a diskette drive in the diskette drive can damage
the data on your diskette and your diskette drive. You should remove the diskette before
powering off.
How do I format a diskette?
In Windows 95 or Windows NT, double click on the My Computer icon and
then right click (click the right-hand mouse button) on the 3.5 Floppy (A:) icon. Select
Format and select the format process that best suits your needs.
To format high density 1.44-MB diskettes — In DOS, type
If you want a bootable diskette, type
What type of diskette do I use in my diskette drive?
Some systems ship with a 1.44-megabyte (MB) diskette drive that uses 3.5-inch
high density (HD) diskettes. These diskettes are also called double-sided, high-density
(DSHD) diskettes. You can store 1.44 MB of information on these diskettes.
Your diskette drive can also use 3.5-inch double-sided, double-density (DSDD) diskettes.
These diskettes only hold 720 kilobytes of data — about half the amount of data that
1.44-MB diskettes hold.
Some systems ship with the SuperDisk LS-120 drive that uses 100 megabyte diskettes.
You can store up to 100 MB of information on these diskettes.
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Enter
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