Compaq 1900 manual Creating a Startup SuperDisk Diskette, Write-Protecting a Diskette

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Creating a Startup SuperDisk Diskette

You can start your computer from the SuperDisk drive, which is your A:\ drive, if you have a diskette containing the necessary system files. To create a Startup SuperDisk diskette, you must copy the Windows system files to the diskette. Copying system files does not erase files already saved to the diskette.

To create a Startup SuperDisk diskette, complete the following steps:

1.Turn on your computer, if it is not already turned on.

2.Insert a SuperDisk diskette.

3.From the Windows desktop, double-click the My Computer G icon.

4.Right-click the 3½ Floppy (A:)H icon, then select Format.

5.Select 120.3 MB for the Capacity.

6.Select Copy system files only for the Format type.

7.Click the Start button. The computer will begin to copy its system files to the diskette.

Once the files are copied to the diskette, you will have a Startup SuperDisk diskette.

Write-Protecting a Diskette

The write-protect tab on a standard 3.5-inch diskette or a SuperDisk diskette serves the purpose of not allowing you to save data to or delete data from the diskette.

The write-protect tab functions the same way as on a standard 3.5-inch diskette. If the hole is covered, you can read and write to the diskette. If the hole is open, you can only read from the diskette.