An In
tro
d
uc
tion t
o
Y
o
ur A
spir
e
15
14
Using Y
o
ur Flopp
y
Drive
Floppy di
sk
s ar
e u
sed f
or pu
tting d
at
a in
to
your c
o
mpu
te
r or
for t
aking i
t ou
t.
1 •
In
se
rt
t
h
e f
loppy di
sk in
to
t
h
e dri
ve
, a
s shown. (T
he me
ta
l
cir
cle on t
h
e di
sk
’s unde
rside should b
e f
ac
ing down.)
2 •
P
u
sh i
t in g
en
tly
un
til i
t p
o
ps in
to
plac
e.
3 •
R
emo
ve t
h
e f
loppy di
sk b
y pr
essing t
h
e e
je
ct bu
tt
on.
T
h
e ad
va
n
tag
e of a f
loppy
d
isk
o
r C
D
is
t
h
at
it
m
ak
es
da
ta
po
rta
b
le
.
Prac
tic
all
y all newl
y pur-
ch
as
ed sof
tw
ar
e c
o
mes in
one of t
h
es
e t
w
o f
o
rm
at
s.
Da
ta
is
of
te
n ex
ch
an
ge
d
be
tw
ee
n
c
o
m
p
u
te
rs
o
n
fl
o
p
p
y d
isk
s. B
e a
w
ar
e t
h
at
th
er
e is
an
in
h
er
ent
d
an
ger
of viru
s inf
ec
tion in c
asual
sw
ap
ping or sharing of
floppy di
sk
s wi
th
your
frie
nd
s and a
sso
cia
tes
. F
iles
,
ap
p
lic
ati
o
ns
o
r p
ro
gr
ams
downloaded f
rom t
h
e
In
te
rn
et
al
so ca
rr
y p
o
ssible
da
n
ge
r. R
efe
r t
o
M
y As
p
ire
Guide or pag
e 30 f
or mor
e
inf
o
rm
at
ion.
W
h
y Disk
s?
(Or Disc
s,
F
o
r
that M
a
tt
er
...)
T
h
e C
D-R
O
M
D
rive
T
h
e CD R
O
M dri
ve u
ses CDs (C
ompac
t D
isc
s) in
st
ead of f
lop-
p
y di
sk
s, a
n
d i
t i
s R
ead Onl
y Me
mor
y, whic
h me
an
s t
h
at
t
h
e
co
mpu
te
r c
an r
ead d
at
a f
rom t
h
e di
sc
, bu
t c
anno
t w
rit
e a
n
y-
thing new on i
t. I
t i
s t
ypic
all
y c
alled t
h
e D: dri
ve. On some
co
mpu
te
rs
, t
h
e CD-R
O
M
ma
y b
e ano
the
r dri
ve le
tt
er. P
lea
se
re
fe
r t
o
M
y C
o
mpu
te
r f
or t
h
e c
u
rre
n
t dri
ve le
tt
er
a
ssignme
n
t
on your Windows 98 deskt
o
p
.
T
h
e DVD-R
O
M
D
rive
T
h
e DVD-R
O
M
(D
igi
tal V
ers
at
ile D
isc or D
igi
ta
l Vide
o D
isc
Read Onl
y Me
mor
y) i
s a new t
yp
e of CD-R
O
M. I
t c
an hold
ca
pac
ities ra
nging f
rom 4.7 GB t
o
a ma
ximum if 17 GB
, and c
an
supp
or
t ac
ce
ss
ra
te
s f
rom 600 Kilob
yt
es p
er se
co
nd t
o
1.2
Megab
yt
es p
er se
co
nd. I
t i
s bac
kw
ar
d-c
ompa
tible wi
th
CD-
R
O
Ms whic
h mea
n
s t
h
at
DVD pla
ye
rs c
an pla
y no
t onl
y DVD-
R
O
Ms
, bu
t old CD-R
O
M
s, CD-I di
sk
s, vide
o CDs
, and CD-R
di
sk
s a
s we
ll. DVD u
ses MP
EG-2 t
o
c
o
mpr
es
s vide
o d
at
a.
Not
e:
All of t
h
e inf
o
rm
at
ion you s
ave on your har
d
dri
ve t
ak
es up
spac
e, so you will w
an
t t
o
c
lea
n i
t up p
erio
d
ic
all
y t
o
main
ta
in t
h
e b
es
t
pe
rfo
rm
an
ce
.
R
efe
r t
o
M
y A
spir
e Guide f
or mor
e inf
o
rm
at
ion on sc
anning a
n
d a
n
a-
ly
zing t
h
e inf
o
rm
at
ion on your har
d
dri
ve.
CD-R
O
M
/
DVD-R
O
M
Dr
iv
e
Fl
o
p
py
D
riv
e and
Har
d
D
riv
e
