CARE
AND HANDLING
Although diskettes are not particularly fragile, careful handling will
minimize the risk of damaging them.
•
Avoid
bending the diskettes. They are flexibte but, if bent too
far,
the
diskette surface will crease permanently.
•
Avoid
contact with the exposed diskette surface. The diskette itself
is
circular and made of a very thin magnetized substance. The part
you
handle and to which labels are attached is actually a protective
cover
that also
keeps
the diskette semi-rigid_ Of necessity, some parts
of
the diskette are exposed. These are susceptible
to
scratches.
•
Avoid
exposing the diskettes to dust.
You
can do this
by:
- keeping diskettes
in
their cardboard envelope when not
in
use.
- storing diskettes inside their carton, with the lid
on
.
- keeping the diskette drive covers closed even when there are
no
diskettes inside. If dust
is
kept out of the drives, it won't get
on
the
diskettes.
• Don't place heavy objects, such as books,
on
diskettes.
• Don't attach anything
to
diskettes with paper clips or rubber bands.
LABELS
As
shown
in
Figure
3-1,
there are two types of label attached
to
a
diskette:
• the permanent label, affixed
by
the manufacturer
• the temporary label, which you affix yourself
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