Micron Technology MERIDIAN 850 manual Floppy Disks

Chapter 4 - How to Use Your Meridian 850

Floppy Disks

Floppy disks are used to:

•transfer information from one computer to another

•install software on your system’s hard drive

•make backup copies of your software and data

When you insert a floppy disk into the system’s floppy disk drive, you can read the information stored on the disk and write information to the disk.

Your Meridian 850 comes with a 3.5-inch 1.44MB internal floppy drive. You can use either high-density (1.44MB storage capacity) or double- sided/double-density (720KB storage capacity) floppy disks in this drive.

You can tell the disks apart by looking at the edge of the disk opposite the sliding metal panel.

•1.44MB disks have a write-protected tab on one side and a sensing hole on the other side

•720KB disks have only a write-protect tab

To write-protect either kind of disk, slide the plastic write-protect tab towards the edge, uncovering the hole.

As you push the disk into the drive you will hear a faint click as the disk slides into place. To release the disk, push the button on the upper right side of the disk opening.

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