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3
Click on the Start button
, point to Programs, and
click on Windows Explorer.
4
Point to 3.5” Floppy (A:) under My Computer.
5
Click on the right mouse button, then select Format.
Cautions:
Formatting a disk removes any data that
might have been saved on that disk. Also, be sure to
keep your disks away from heat and other
magnetic items that can damage the disk and the
information on it.
Write Protecting a Floppy Diskette
When the write protect notch is open (
1
), data cannot be
written to (saved on) the disk. The notch must be closed (
2
)
for data to be written to (copied on) the disk.
Write protecting diskettes is a good way to keep them safe
from viruses, should you use them in a different computer.
The CD
-
ROM Drive
The CD
-
ROM drive uses CDs (Compact Discs) instead of
floppy disks, and it is Read Only Memory, which means that
the computer can read data from the disc, but cannot write
anything new on it. It is typically called the D: drive. On
some computers, the CD
-
ROM may be another drive letter.
Please refer to My Computer for the current drive letter
assignment on your Windows desktop.
The DVD
-
ROM Drive (option)
The DVD
-
ROM (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc
-
Read Only Memory) is a type of optical media. It can hold
capacities ranging from 4.7 GB to a maximum of 17 GB, and
can support access rates from 600 Kilobytes per second to
1.2 Megabytes per second. It is backward
-
compatible with
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