Specifications

drive (A) to the computer’s memory. Then MS-DOS
automatically prompts you to insert another diskette in the
same drive, which it now identifies as drive B. It copies the
data from memory to the new diskette. When the copying is
complete, MSDOS identifies the drive as drive A again, and
you see a prompt to insert the original diskette into drive A.
You can load the opeating system and application programs
from the hard disk, create and store your data there, and use
the diskette drive just for copying data to and from diskettes.
Using a Hard Disk Drive
You can create and revise files on a hard disk just as you can
on a diskette. The hard disk, however, provides several
advantages:
The 20MB hard disk can store more data than 16x 1.2MB
diskettes and the 40MB hard disk can store twice as much.
Your computer can perform all disk-related operations faster.
You can store all your frequently used programs and data
files on the hard disk, eliminating the inconvenience of
inserting and removing diskettes to access different files.
3- 16 Using Your Computer