You need to make a copy of the essential system software for safekeeping in case you ever need to reinstall the software on your computer. The disks you need to install and reinstall software are called installer disks. You use the Floppy Disk Maker application program to create your system software installer disks.
What is a disk image?
A disk image is a discrete electronic representation of an individual disk. The Disk Images folder in the Floppy Disk Maker folder on the computer’s hard disk contains the disk images you need to create installer disks for your system software. When you use Floppy Disk Maker, it copies the disk images onto floppy disks. When you are finished making a set of disks with Floppy Disk Maker, you’ll have a set of installer disks and will be able to reinstall the software that comes on your computer.
What you need
Just as you need paper to make copies of important documents, you need floppy disks to make copies of the information on your hard disk. You can probably buy the floppy disks at the same place you bought your computer.
Floppy disks come in a variety of sizes and capacities. The ones you need for backing up your hard disk are called
have two holes...
...and they have this symbol.
Even though these disks have a hard plastic casing, they are called “floppy disks” because the disk inside the casing is floppy.
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