Brother International WP1700MDS Owners Manual - English - Page 24

Initializing

New

Diskettes

A

diskette

can

be

used

by

a

system

only

after

being

"formatted"

•-

that

is,

initial-

ized

by

the

system

for

specific

use

by

that

system.

One

frequently

used

analogy

is

that

the

magnetic

coating

on

the

diskette

is

like

a

blank

sheet

of

paper.

Although

you

can

write

anything

anywhere

on

the

blank

sheet,

things

are

much

more

organized

if

you

add

ruled

lines.

The

initializing

program

creates

the

elec-

tronic

equivalent

of

ruled

lines

on

the

diskette.

Different

systems

use

different

for-

mats.

Standards

exist,

but,

in

general,

systems

cannot

share

diskettes

without

special

conversion

of

hardware

or

software.

This

word

processor

can

read

and

write

diskettes

formatted

on

a

per-

sonal

computer

in

the

DOS

720

kilobyte

and

1.44

megabyte

formats.

The

word

processor

recognizes

which

type

of

diskette

is

inserted

and

for-

mats

the

new

diskette

in

the

DOS

720

kilobyte

or

1.44

megabyte

format.

The

word

processor

does

not

read

high

density

diskettes

(1.44mb)

for-

matted

double

density

(720kb).

The

word

processor

can

only

read

and

write

in

the

root

directory.

For

that

reason,

personal

computer

files

that

you

save

on

a

diskette

for

further

use

with

this

word

processor

should

always

be

saved

in

the

root

directory

of

the

diskette.

When

a

diskette

is

accessed,

the

word

processor

checks

the

format

of

the

dis-

kette.

If

the

diskette

is

unformatted

or

has

a

different

format,

the

following

prompt

appears:

Initialize?

Press

RETURN(yes)

or

CANCEL(no).

WARNING:

Initializing

a

diskette

erases

any

data

that

might

be

on

it.

If

you

initialize

a

diskette

from

a

personal

computer,

for

example,

the

files

will

be

com-

pletely

destroyed.

Press

if

you

do

not

wish

to

initialize,

and

insert

another

diskette.

If

the

diskette

is

new

or

contains

unimportant

data,

press

MI•

to

format

the

diskette.

The

word

processor

asks

for

confirmation:

Delete

all files

on

this

disk?

Press

Y(yes)

or

N(no).

Press

1.)

to

format

the

diskette,

or

press

®

and

insert

another

diskette.

NOTE:

This

word

processor

can

recognize

and

read

data

from

diskettes

that

have

been

used

with

some

other

Brother

Word

Processors.

For

more

details,

please

contact

your

dealer.

Backing

up

a

Diskette

The

best

insurance

against

losing

important

data

is

to

make

backups

(duplicate

copies)

of

each

important

file.

With

this

word

processor,

you

can

copy

individual

files

of

your

choice

to

another

diskette,

or

copy

the

entire

contents

of

a

diskette

to

another

diskette.

id

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