computer needs to run Valdocs. Data diskettes are where you store the information you created using the software on your system diskette. If you create a document (a letter or even a part of a novel!) using Valdocs, you store it on a data diskette.

Caring For Your Diskettes

Diskettes are wondrous things. Where else can you hold the equivalent of hundreds of pages of text in an easily portable package smaller than a golden oldie? Unfortunately, diskettes are not indestructible. Before we go any further, we need to talk about handling, storing, and using diskettes.

Diskettes are like records made out of recording tape. And just as it’s possible to destroy a tape, it’s possible to destroy a diskette or lose some of its data. Diskettes store data as hundreds of thousands of magnetized areas. For best results you should buy only high-quality diskettes. The added reliability justifies the extra cost.

Buy yourself a box or two of diskettes. Even though diskettes hold quite a bit of data, you’ll be surprised at how quickly you’ll fill them up-especially if you’re consistent about backing up your diskettes.

Note: When you purchase diskettes, you must buy double-sided,double-density,40-track,soft-sectoreddiskettes. It sounds like a mouthful, but this is the only kind of diskette that functions properly with your QX-10.

Looking at the top surface of the diskette, you’ll notice that the right edge has a small rectangular notch. When this notch is covered by the adhesive write-protect tabs that are included in the diskette package, the diskette will not accept new information. That is, the information stored on the diskette is protected from being written over. If, on the other hand, this notch is exposed, you can write new data onto the diskette.

It’s essential that you handle and use diskettes properly. Don’t worry; all that’s required are a few simple precautions.

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