How To Handle Diskettes And Floppy Drives

Diskettes are highly sensitive to scratches, to dust, to temperature, to moisture and to magnets. Therefore, 

1. Do not try to store disks any where they could get damp or hot or or cold

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2. Do not try to force open a disk’s plastic casing or poke anything into it.

3. Do not store disks anywhere near a magnet.

4. Never put disks into a computer’s floppy disk drives before switching on and never turn off the computer with any disk still in a floppy disk drive.

5. Never take a disk out of a drive while the computer is still reading from it or writing from it. (the user can tell if the computer is writing or reading a disk because of the green yellow drive indicator light will either be fully on or flashing ON and OFF).

6. Never open or interfere with the READING WINDOW SHUTTER. Even the grease on one’s hands can damage the data stored on the disk. 

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