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Chapter 4 - How to Use Your Meridian 400
How to Use Floppy Disks
Floppy disks are used to:
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transfer information from one computer to another
• install software on your system’s hard drive
• make back-up copies of your software and data
When you insert a floppy disk into the system’s floppy disk
drive, you can read the information stored on the disk and write
information to the disk.
Your can attach a 3.5-inch 1.44MB an external floppy drive.
You can use either high-density (1.44 MB storage capacity) or
double-sided/double-density (720 KB storage capacity) floppy
disks in this drive. The 1.44 MB disk has the advantage of
storing more data than a 720 KB disk.
You can tell the disks apart by looking at the edge of the disk
opposite the sliding metal panel.
• 1.44 MB disks have a write-protected tab on one side and a sensing hole on the
other side
• 720 KB disks have only a write-protect tab.
To write-protect either kind of disk, slide the plastic write-
protect tab to uncover the hole.
As you push the disk into the drive you will hear a faint click as
the disk slides into place. To release the disk, slide the disk
release button on the right side of the disk opening.