Epson LT-286e Making Backup Copies, Write-ProtectingDiskettes

Making Backup Copies

Copy all diskettes that contain programs. After you make your copies, store the originals in a safe place away from your working diskettes and use only the copies.

For general instructions on copying diskettes or hard disk files, see Chapter 3 or your MS-DOS Reference Manual.

Write-Protecting Diskettes

You can write-protect a diskette to prevent its data from being altered. When a diskette is write-protected, you can copy data from it, but you cannot store new data, modify existing data, erase files, or format the diskette.

The write-protect mechanism is a small switch on the lower- right corner on the back of the diskette. To write-protect the diskette, slide the switch down toward the edge of the diskette to expose a small opening.

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