HP Pavilion 6300 HP Pavilion PC Model 6300 Series - Getting Started Manual - Page 37

Caring for Diskettes, Formatting Diskettes

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Caring for Diskettes You’ll want to take proper care of your diskettes so that you don’t lose important information. Follow these tips: • Keep magnetic material away from your diskettes. Magnets can scramble the data on the diskette. • Do not remove a diskette while the indicator light is on. • Store diskettes at room temperature. Formatting Diskettes Before you can use a diskette, it must be formatted, or initialized. Most diskettes come preformatted — check the box or diskette label to see if the diskettes are already formatted. If they are not formatted, you will need to format them yourself. To format a diskette: 1 Insert the diskette in the drive. 2 Double-click the My Computer icon on the desktop. 3 Click (don’t double-click) the 3-1/2 floppy (A:) icon. 4 Click File on the menu bar and choose Format. 5 Choose OK. Warning: Formatting erases all data on a diskette. • Chapter 2 Exploring Your System 33

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Caring for Diskettes
You\ll want to take proper care of your diskettes so
that you don\t lose important information. Follow
these tips:
•
Keep magnetic material away from your
diskettes. Magnets can scramble the data on the
diskette.
•
Do not remove a diskette while the indicator light
is on.
•
Store diskettes at room temperature.
Formatting Diskettes
Before you can use a diskette, it must be formatted,
or initialized. Most diskettes come preformatted ±
check the box or diskette label to see if the diskettes
are already formatted. If they are not formatted, you
will need to format them yourself.
To format a diskette:
1
Insert the diskette in the drive.
2
Double-click the
My Computer
icon on the
desktop.
3
Click (don\t double-click) the 3-1/2 floppy (A:)
icon.
4
Click
File
on the menu bar and choose
Format
.
5
Choose
OK
.
Warning: