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Caring for Diskettes
Follow these simple precautions to safeguard your data and
lengthen the life of your diskettes:
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Avoid leaving diskettes near magnetic fields that can erase
the data, such as those generated by electric appliances or
cordless telephones. Never place a diskette on top of your
monitor or near the hard disk drive.
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Small particles of dust or dirt can scratch the magnetic
surface, destroy data, and ruin the read/write heads in a
diskette drive, so store diskettes in a diskette container
away from dust and dirt.
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Extreme changes in temperature can also destroy data.
Keep diskettes out of direct sunlight or extreme cold.
See your diskette packaging for other guidelines.
Using a Hard Disk Drive
Using a hard disk is similar to using a diskette. However, the
hard disk provides several advantages:
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A hard disk can store many times more data than a diskette.
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Your computer can perform all hard disk operations faster.
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You can store frequently used programs and data files on
the hard disk, eliminating the inconvenience of swapping
diskettes to access different files.
The added storage capacity makes it easy to move back and
forth between different programs and data files. However,
because it is so easy to add programs and files to your hard
disk, you may find yourself trying to organize hundreds of files.
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