Taking Care Of Your - Atari 1050 Owner's Manual

The
surface of a
diskette
is
coated
with a
sensitive
magnetic
material
that stores
your
data.
To
ensure
the long
life
and
reliability
of
your
diskettes,
you must handle
them
properly
and
with care.
Each
diskette
is
permanently
enclosed
in
a block protective
envelope
and
is
normally
stored
in
a
paper
sleeve.
Most
diskettes
have
a
small
wnfe-profecf notch
on one edge
of the black protec-
tive
envelope. By covering
this
notch with
one
of the small
adhesive rectangular
tabs pro-
vided
by
the
diskette
manufac-
turer,
you can avoid
accidentally
erasing or writing over
any data
on a
diskette.
TAKING CARE
OF YOUR
DISKETTES
Never
turn
your
disk
drive
on
or
off
with a
diskette
in
the drive,
and
never leave a
diskette
in
the
drive while
it's
turned
off.
Never
wet
or
wash
a
diskette.
Use
a
soft
brush or
compressed
air
from a spray can
to
remove
any dust from
the surface.
Do
not
bend your
diskettes;
they
must
turn freely
in
the protective
envelope.
Handle them
with care
when
loading or unloading.
Store
diskettes
in
their
paper
sleeves
standing on edge.
Because a
diskette turns inside
its
envelope,
damage
to the
enve-
lope
can
result
in
damage
to
the
diskette.
Do
not store
your
diskettes
in
direct sunlight.
Keep them away
from
any
excessive heat.
Store
your
diskettes
away
frc
your
television
set.
The
strong
magnetic
fields
produced by
the
television
can
partially
erase the
data
stored.
Keep
your
diskettes
away
from
electrical devices,
in-
cluding
the
telephone.
Do
not write
on your
diskettes
with a pencil or ball-point pen.
The
sharp
point of
a
pencil
or
ball-point
pen can
score the
sur-
face
of
a
diskette.
Use
a
felt-tip
pen
to
mark
the diskette label or
write
on
the label
before
you
put
it
on the
diskette.
Do
not attach paper
clips
to
your
diskettes.
Do
not use erasers on
diskette
labels.
Eraser dust
is~~oijrasive
and
will
damage
diskettes.
N
touch a
diskette
where
it
exposed through
the diskette
lvelope. Fingerprints can
nmage
the magnetic
medium.