| Floppy Disks |
| WHAT IS A FLOPPY DISK? |
| A floppy disk is a small piece of plastic that you can save data to. This is useful for several reasons: (1) You can save information to a floppy disk so in the event that your computer crashes, that information has not been lost because it was saved to a place other than your computer. This is called creating a 'back up copy'. (2) Saving information to floppy allows you to transport it to another computer and open it there. Sometimes you may want to move information from computer to computer, and floppy disks allow you to do this. |
| OPENING INFO FROM FLOPPY |
| (1) Insert the floppy disk into the computer (2) Open 'My Computer'. You may have renamed it, so click on this icon: (3) Open the floppy drive, which looks like this: (4) Locate your file and open it. |
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| SAVING TO FLOPPY |
| (1) Open the file you want to save to floppy disk (2) Click 'File' then 'Save As' Note: There may be a shortcut button on the tool bar which enables you to save information. If there isn't, you can always place one there (right click on the tool bar and choose customize). (3) A dialog box should pop up. If you haven't already read the section about browsing for files, and you are unsure of the process, go here. (4) Locate the destination for the file (which is the floppy drive - ) (5) Click 'Save' (6) It may be a good idea to check that the file is saved to floppy (see above). |
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