Disk Management: Apple

Formatting Floppy Disks

Press D to select device handling commands from the Apple

IIIUtilities Menu. Your computer will display the Device Han- dling Menu. Press F to format a volume. Insert the disk you want to format in Drive 2 and press RETURN twice. Your com- puter will begin to format the disk. You can choose a dif- ferent drive by entering its drive number (e.g. “.d1”) before pressing RETURN the first time.

If the disk to format is not blank, the computer gives you one last chance to change your mind. The formatting process will erase any information on the disk. If you still want to format the disk, press Y (for YES) to confirm it and the computer will complete the formatting operation.

When the disk is formatted, you can repeat the process and format other disks if you wish. Or you can press ESC once to return to the Device Handling Menu or twice to return to the Apple III Utilities Menu. You can also start up ThinkTank by resetting your computer as described in Chapter 2.

Copying Disks

Press D to select device handling commands from the Apple

IIIUtilities Menu. Your computer will display the Device Han- dling Menu. Press C to copy one volume onto another. Suppose you want to copy the files on the THINKTANK PROGRAM DISK onto Drive 2 (either to back them up or to transfer them to your

hard disk). Insert the program disk (the disk to be copied) in your built—in drive (Drive 1) and the disk to contain the copy in Drive 2. Then type “.d1” and press RETURN three times. Your computer will begin to copy the disk in Drive 1 onto the disk in Drive 2. If the disk in Drive 2 has not been formatted, the computer will format it first.

You can copy from a different drive by entering its drive number (e.g. “.d2”) before pressing RETURN the first time. You can copy to a different drive by entering its drive number (e.g. “.d3”) before pressing RETURN the second time.

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