Using Your Floppy Drive; Formatting A Floppy Diskette - Acer Aspire ELD User Manual

Using Your Floppy Drive

Floppy disks are used for putting data into your computer
or for taking it out.
1 Insert the floppy disk into the drive, as shown.
(The metal circle on the disk's underside should
be facing down.)
2 Push it in gently until it pops into place.
3 Remove the floppy disk by pressing the eject button.

Formatting a Floppy Diskette

A floppy disk is, basically, just a thin piece of magnetic
tape on which data can be stored electronically. Most
floppy disks are protected with a hard plastic case.
Before a floppy can be used, it must be formatted, or
made ready to accept data.
Note: Many stores sell preformatted 3.5
disks.
1 Make sure your floppy is not write-protected.
2 Insert the diskette into your floppy drive.
Why Disks? (Or Discs
for that matter...)
The advantage of a floppy disk
or CD is that it makes data
portable.
Practically all newly
purchased software comes in
one of these two formats.
Data is often exchanged
between computers on floppy
disks. Be aware that there is
an inherent danger of virus
infection in casual swapping
or sharing of floppy disks with
your friends and associates.
Files, applications or
programs downloaded from
the Internet also carry
possible danger.
-
floppy
13