Protecting Your Data - Epson Equity I User Manual

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Be careful when you place labels on your disks. Attach labels firmly

but gently, and only along the top of the disk (next to the manufac-

tuer's label). Avoid placing several labels on top of one other. They

may prevent the disk from spinning freely in the disk drive. It is best

to write on the label before placing it on the disk. Use only soft-tip

pens, not ballpoint pens or pencils, to write on a label that is already

attached to a disk.

Keep disks away from magnetic fields. Remember that disks store

their information magnetically, just like cassette tapes. There are

many sources of magnetism in and around your home or office, such

as electrical appliances and telephones, and particularly loud-

speakers. Keep disks away from these items.

Keep disks in a moderate environment. Disks work best in normal

room-temperature and humidity conditions. Never leave them sit-

ting in the sun, or in extreme cold or heat. The temperature changes

inside a car in the middle of summer or the dead of winter can cause

severe damage.

If you have a hard disk drive, you should also take the following

precautions:

Never attempt to open the hard disk unit. The disk itself is enclosed

in an air-tight container to protect it from dust.

Never turn off the power to the computer or hard disk unit when the

SELECT lamp is ON. This LED indicates that the hard disk is in the

middle of reading from or writing to the disk. Turning the hard disk

off in the middle of a write operation can make all the information on

the disk unusable.

If you plan to move the hard disk unit, the read/write head must be

moved away from the disk recording area. Each operating system

has its own program to do this. The MS-DOS program to protect the

read/write head is called HDSIT Refer to the MS-DOS manual for

details.

Protecting your Data

There are two ways to make sure you do not lose the valuable infor-

mation stored on your disks; write-protect your floppy disks and make

backup copies. Both of these methods are described below.

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