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Floppy Disks
A 3½ inch floppy disk can be inserted into and removed from your
computer.
The floppy disk drive fitted in your computer is a 1.44 MB 3½ inch
disk drive.
The 1.44 MB 3½ inch drive accepts two types of 3½ inch disks:
• 1.44 MB floppy disks, which are known as high-density disks.
• 720 KB floppy disks, known as low-density (or double-density)
disks.
High-density disks can hold approximately twice as much data as
low-density disks and are also more reliable. We advise you to use
high-density disks wherever possible, rather than low-density disks.
Removing floppy disks
Press the disk eject button at the front of the disk drive. The floppy
disk pops out halfway - enough for you to take hold of it and pull it
out of the drive.
Note:
You should remove floppy disks only when the floppy disk drive light is off.
Looking after floppy disks
Look after your floppy disks to avoid them becoming damaged.
Keep disks:
• away from magnetic fields
• clean and dry
• away from sources of heat and direct sunlight
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