Format Floppy Disk; View Menu - Atari Faicon030 Owner's Manual

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Format Floppy Disk

Formatting prepares floppy d i sk s to accept data. You can format disks as e i ther
single-sided , double-sided, or h igh-dens ity. U sed disks can be reformatted.
A l l disks formatted w i th TOS are compatible w ith M S-DOS version
To format a floppy d i sk, insert the disk i nto a floppy disk drive. Select the floppy
disk icon, then select Format. For complete i nformation on formatting disks, see
Formatting a Floppy Disk
View M e n u
The V ie w menu lets you choose the way your computer displays files and folders.
You can view fi les and folders as icons or text. You can di splay those fi lenames
alphabetically by name (filename or e x tension), or numerical l y by date or file
size. To mod i fy the display , select the menu option you want. A check next to a
option indicates that option is selected.
Options selected from the View menu affect all directory w i ndows. You cannot
select one option for one w indow and a differen t option for another window.
Note: When you save your desktop , TOS saves all the View menu choices you
made to the NEWDESK.INF file on your startup drive. (See Save Desktop in this
chapter. )
Part
in
Chapter 2, Using Your Computer.
A Gu ided Tour of the Desktop
1/: Using the Desktop
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