Epson Equity III User Manual page 53

Floppy Disk Problems
If you have trouble with a diskette, check the following questions:
Is the diskette damaged? Copy the diskette and repeat the operation
1.
that caused the problem using the copy. (If you have trouble copying
the entire diskette, some of the sectors may be bad. Try to copy single
files with the Copy command.) If the operation works using the copy,
the original diskette is probably damaged. Make another copy to use
as a backup.
2. Have you inserted the right type of diskette? The diskette type is nor-
mally shown on the manufacturer's label. In the top drive, which has
a storage capacity of 1.2MB, use S&inch, double-sided, high-
density, 96 TPI, soft-sectored diskettes. If you have a second floppy
disk drive that is also 1.2MB, use the same type of diskettes in this
drive.
If you have a second floppy disk drive that has a storage capacity of
use double-sided, double-density, 48 TPI, soft-sectored disk-
360KB,
ettes in this drive.
The two diskette types are not interchangeable between the different
types of drives. You cannot read or write to a highdensity diskette in
a 360KB drive. You can read a double-density diskette in a 1.2MB
drive, but do not write to it unless you have formatted it
as a 360KB (or 320KB) diskette. See "Choosing Diskettes for the
Equity III" and 'Drive and diskette incompatibility" in Chapter 3.
3. Is the diskette write-protected? There may be a write-protect tab over
the notch on the side of the diskette. Before you remove the tab, check
the directory to see what files the diskette contains-it may contain
information you do not want to change or lose. (Your operating sys-
tem manual tells you what command displays a directory.) Although
you should normally write-protect all program diskettes, some pro-
grams store temporary files on the diskette. These programs do not
work if you write-protect the diskette.
a 1.2MB
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