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B-2 Other Precautions
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Do not leave the floppy disk with foods and drinks, or in a place exposed to cigarette smoke.
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Do not leave the floppy disk near any form of liquid or a chemical or in a place where a chemical may be accidentally
sprayed over them.
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Do not place any magnetic objects (e.g., magnet) near the floppy disk.
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Do not clip the floppy disk or drop it.
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Keep the floppy disk in a floppy disk case that protects it from magnetism and dust.
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Write-protection
A floppy disk has a write-protect switch that prevents the stored data from accidental erasure.
You can read data from a write-protected floppy disk, but you cannot save data into the floppy disk or format it. Bull
recommends that you should write-protect any floppy disk containing valuable data unless you are about to save
data.
To write-protect a 3.5-inch floppy disk, use the write-protect switch provided on its back.
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Disk format
To write data into a floppy disk, the floppy disk must be "formatted." "Formatting" is to initialize the floppy disk
and make it available for the system environment (operating system).
IMPORTANT:
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Formatting a used floppy disk clears all the data contained in it, if any.
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Formatting a floppy disk from the DOS command line is not available with the server. Use a
formatted floppy disk to work with it on the DOS command line.
The format method depends on your operating system. Refer to the manual that comes with your operating system
for details.
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Data backup
"Data backup" is to copy data stored in a media into another media (e.g., floppy disk, digital audio tape, or
magnet-optical disk).
IMPORTANT:
Make sure to make a back-up copy of every floppy disk, if provided.
The floppy disk is a very delicate storage media. Dust or thermal changes, as well as operator's misconduct or server
failures, may cause loss of data. To avoid loss of data, Bull recommends that you should make a back-up copy of
your valuable data on a regular basis.