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- Care and Maintenance
Floppy Disks and Drives
Caring for your Floppy Disks
• Avoid using the floppy disks in damp and dusty locations.
• Never store a floppy disk near a magnet or magnetic field.
• Do not use a pencil or an eraser on a disk or disk label.
• Avoid storing the floppy disks in extremely hot or cold locations, or in locations subject to severe
temperature changes. Store at temperatures between 50º F (10ºC) and 125ºF (52ºC).
• Do not touch the exposed part of the disk behind the metal shutter.
• Never use the floppy disk drive with any liquid, metal, or other foreign matter inside the floppy disk
drive or disk.
• Never disassemble your floppy disk drive.
Media Care
Caring for your Media (DVD/CD/CD-R)
Media discs are precision devices and will function reliably if given reasonable care.
• Always store your media disc in its case when it is not in use.
• Always handle discs by the edges and avoid touching the surface.
• Avoid storing any media discs in extreme temperatures.
• Do not bend media discs or set heavy objects on them.
• Do not spill liquids on media discs.
• Do not scratch media discs.
• Do not get dust on media discs.