IBM 6.00E+04, 6C4 manual Using the 3.5-Inch Diskette Drive, Write-Protecting 3.5-Inch Diskettes

Using the 3.5-Inch Diskette Drive

A 1.44 MB diskette drive is an optional feature for this system. Contact your sales representative before purchasing a diskette drive for this system.

The 1.44 MB diskette drive can format, read, and write diskettes compatible with the following diskette drives:

v1.0 MB diskettes with 720 KB formatted data capacity

v2.0 MB diskettes with 1.44 MB formatted data capacity (High Density)

Format the diskette according to its specified capacity.

Write-Protecting 3.5-Inch Diskettes

Write-protecting diskettes is necessary so that important information is not accidentally lost. When diskettes are write-protected, you can read information from the diskettes, but you cannot write information to them.

There is a write-protect tab on the 3.5-inch diskette. To locate the write-protect tab, turn the diskette over with the label facing down.

To prevent writing onto a diskette, slide the write-protect tab to open the protect slot, as shown in the illustration.

To allow writing onto a diskette, slide the write-protect tab to cover the protect slot, as shown in the illustration.

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