NEC VERSA FX Manual page 149

What happens if I leave a diskette in my diskette drive?
Shutting down your system with a diskette in the diskette drive can
damage the data on your diskette and your diskette drive. You should remove the
diskette before powering off.
How do I format a diskette?
Double click on the My Computer icon and then right click (click the
right-hand mouse button) on the floppy diskette drive icon. Select Format and choose
the format process that best suits your needs.
To format high density 1.44-MB diskettes - In DOS, type format a: and press Enter. If
you want a bootable diskette, type format a:/s and press Enter.
What type of diskette do I use in my diskette drive?
Your NEC Versa FX ships with an external 1.44-megabyte (MB) diskette
drive that uses 3.5-inch high density (HD) diskettes. These diskettes are also called
double-sided, high-density (DSHD) diskettes. You can store 1.44 MB of information
on these diskettes.
Your diskette drive can also use 3.5-inch double-sided, double-density (DSDD)
diskettes. These diskettes only hold 720 kilobytes of data - about half the amount of
data that 1.44-MB diskettes hold.
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