ELITE SERIES USER MANUAL

MAINTENANCE

and how much protection you wish to give to the data on your diskettes.

8.3. Back—up Diskettes

If you are ever in the position where you have information you cannot afford to lose, make a back-up copy (or even two copies) of the diskette and store the copies in a safe place, using the write protect feature described below.

8.4. Write Protect

All standard end-user blank 5—1/4” diskettes incorporate a write protect feature so your system cannot accidentally write over or destroy valuable information contained on your diskette when the write protect feature is activated.

A write protect notch is located on the diskette jacket. When the notch is open, writing to the diskette is allowed.

To use the write protect feature, simply cover the notch with an adhesive tab. To write on the diskette, uncover the notch. See the figure below.

Note: The write protect feature of the diskette overrides the write protect panel switch feature of the Elite Series drives. If either the diskette itself is write protected or the drive

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