User's Manual

Floppy Disk Problems

If you have trouble with one of your diskettes, answer

the following questions to see if they apply to the

problem:

Is the diskette damaged? To find out, copy the

diskette and repeat the operation that caused the

problem using the copy you just made. (If you have

trouble copying the entire diskette, some of the

sectors may be bad. Try to copy one file at a time

with the Copy command.) If the operation works

using the copy diskette, the original diskette is

probably damaged. Make another copy to use as a

backup.

Have you inserted the right type of diskette? Your

Apex uses 5 Winch, double-sided, double-density

48 TPI, soft-sectored diskettes.

Is the diskette write-protected? There may be a

write-protect tab over the notch on the side of the

diskette, which means that you can’t write data to

this diskette. Before you remove the tab, check the

diskette directory to determine what files it

contains. If it contains information you do not

want to change or lose, leave it write-protected.

Although you should normally write-protect all

program diskettes, some programs store temporary

files on the diskette and will not work if you write-

protect the diskette.

Troubleshooting

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