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If
the
diskette
is
old and worthless, enter Y [RETURN].
If
you realize
that
the
diskette
being
erased
has
valuable
information
on
it,
you
have
the
opportunity
to
enter N [RETURN] and keep the tiles
on
that
diskette.
What
If_
If
you
erase a
good
file, one
Which
you did not want
to
erase?
Don't.
Learn
to
be extra careful with the
ERA
command, and erase only files
which
are
of
no importance. Also, be sure
to
back up any information which
may
be of value.
In
the long run, disks
cost
a
lot
less
than
the
time
spent
putting information onto them.
For
suggestions on backup
schedule
and techniques,
refer
to
the section
on
Diskette Handling in.
the
Appendices.
But
remember
the
"Backup
Rule
Of
Thumb", which is:
Always
make a
backup
copy
as
soon
as
you have more information
than
you
can afford
to
lose.
Cheep,.
The
R.aim.
Stoup
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N
ow
that
you have copied information onto a floppy diskette,
you
have begun
to
work with
it.
But a diskette has a limit
of
how
much
information you
can
put
on
it.
To find out
how
close you
are
to
that
maximum
limit, you can use
the
STAT
command.
To check the remaining
area
on
the currently-logged disk, enter the command:'
A>m:A.t [RETURN]
The screen
wUl
display:
disk:
<ATT>,
Spaee:
Illk
where
it
i
indicates
a number
from
000
to
the capacity of
the
drive in
K bytes.
(lK
bytes=1024 characters of storage.)
for
each disk
that
has been accessed since the
last
boot. The
<A
TT>
column
lists
the
attributes
of
the
disk or the file being examined. These attributes
describe
any
limits
that have been placed on the disk, in respect
to
changing
or erasing
it.
These attributes are:
R/O: Read-only status; document cannot be changed or deleted untU
reset
by
STAT
command.
PIN
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