User`s guide

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 Do not leave the floppy disk next to food or beverages, or in a place exposed to cigarette smoke.
 Do not leave the floppy disk near liquids, chemicals, or in a place where a chemical may be accidentally
sprayed.
 Do not place any magnetic objects (e.g., magnet) near the floppy disk.
 Do not clip or drop the floppy disk.
 Keep the floppy disk in a floppy disk case that protects it from magnetism and dust.
 Write-protection
Floppy disk feature 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. We recommend 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.
 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:
 Formatting a used floppy disk clears all the data contained in it, if any.
 It is not possible to format a floppy disk from the DOS command line with the server.
The format method depends on your operating system. Refer to the manual that comes with your operating
system for more information.
 Data backup
"Data backup" consists in copying 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 provided floppy disk.
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, We recommend you should make a back-up copy
of your valuable data on a regular basis.