Caring For Diskettes - Epson Equity LT-386SX User Manual

Because of their size difference, you cannot use a 3 '/z-inch
diskette in a 5 '/+inch drive or vice versa. If you have both types
of drives, however, you can copy individual files or groups of
files from one drive to the other with the COPY and XCOPY
commands. See Chapter 3 or your MS-DOS manuals for
information about the COPY and XCOPY commands.
You need to format new diskettes before you can use them.
Formatting prepares a diskette to receive data. Formatting also
erases any data previously stored on a diskette, so be sure to
format only new blank diskettes or diskettes that contain data
you want to erase. See Chapter 3 for information about
formatting diskettes.

Caring for Diskettes

The 3 '/z-inch diskettes are sturdy and reliable, but are not
indestructible. To avoid damaging your diskettes and losing
data, take these precautions:
diskette drive icon is on. This icon indicates that the
computer is copying data to or from a diskette. If you
interrupt this process, you may destroy data.
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