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Learning the Basics
How to Prepare Diskettes for Use
To format a diskette, follow these steps:
1 Insert a write-enabled diskette into the diskette drive.
The write-protect tab at the left corner of the diskette must
cover the square hole.
Write-protect tab
A write-enabled diskette
Formatting a disk erases all information currently on the disk.
Do not format a disk unless you're sure it's blank or contains
only unimportant files.
2 Double-click My Computer.
Windows 95 opens the My Computer window.
3 Click the icon for the diskette drive (drive A).
If you double-click the diskette drive icon, Windows 95 will
open a window displaying the contents of the diskette. If this
happens, close this window before going on to the next step.
Windows 95 will not format a disk whose contents are
displayed in a window.
4 Click File to open the File menu, then click Format.
Windows 95 opens the Format dialog box.
Part I: Getting To Know Your Computer