Write-Protecting Diskettes - Epson 10020 User Manual

To remove a 3 1/2-inch diskette, press the release button to
release it. When the edge pops out of the drive, pull out the
diskette and store it properly.
WARNING
Never remove a diskette or num off the computer while the
drive indicator light is on. You could lose data. Also, be sure
to remove all diskettes before you turn off the computer.

Write-protecting Diskettes

You can write-protect a diskette to prevent its data from being
altered. When a diskette is write-protected, you can read it and
copy data from it, but you cannot store new data on the
diskette or delete any files it contains. If you try to change data on
write-protected
a
To write-protect a 5 1/4-inch diskette, cover the small,
rectangular notch (shown below) with an adhesive write-
protect tab. Write-protect tabs usually come with new
5 1/4-inch diskettes when you buy them.
To remove the write protection, peel off the write-protect tab.
diskette, MS-DOS displays an error message.
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