Appendixc Using Floppy Disks; Using 3.S-Lnch Floppy Disks - Commodore Amiga A1200 User Manual

AppendixC
Using Floppy Disks
Floppy disks are a type of portable magnetic recording media that is
used to:
transfer information from one computer to another.
• install software on a system's hard drive.
make backup copies of your software and data.
When you insert a floppy disk into the system's floppy disk drive,
you can read the information stored on the disk and write
information to the disk.
Using 3.S-lnch Floppy Disks
Your computer system comes with a 3.5-inch disk drive installed.
This drive accepts standard double-density (880 KB storage
capacity) floppy disks.
Figure C-l illustrates a floppy disk. Double-density disks have a
write-protect tab in one corner.
To write-protect a disk, slide the plastic write-protect tab to uncover
the hole.