Apple IIe Card - Manual (Page 6)

Some suggestions. If you'll be using your Apple IIe files a lot, or if your
Apple IIe files are too big to fit on floppy disks, set aside a portion of
your hard disk for them. If a number of people are sharing the computer (in a
school for example), you can store Apple IIe programs on the hard disk while
people store their personal files on their own floppy disks.
If you plan to use your Apple IIe files only occasionally, keep them on
floppy disks and save your hard disk exclusively for Macintosh files.
The advantage of making your decision right away. You can't store both Apple
IIe files and Macintosh files on the same hard disk unless you reserve part
of the hard disk for Apple IIe files. Unfortunately, the procedure that
reserves the space requires you to erase all information stored on the hard
disk.
If you decide to reserve space for Apple IIe files when you've just gotten
your computer, you won't yet have any personal information on the hard disk,
so erasing the hard disk won't be too disruptive. Later, if you have a lot of
information stored, you'll have to take extra steps to copy your data before
you erase the hard disk and then put the data back afterward.
What to do next. If you've decided to store Apple IIe files on your hard
disk, continue with this section. Otherwise, skip ahead to the next main
section, "Connecting Apple IIe Disk Drives."
Reserving hard disk space for apple IIe files
This section is for people who have an Apple hard disk connected to their
Macintosh LC and want to use a portion of it to store Apple IIe files. (The
hard disk can be built into the Macintosh or connected by a cable.) The
process of reserving part of the hard disk for Apple IIe files is called
partitioning the hard disk.
Partitioning your hard disk erases everything already stored on it, so before
partitioning you must make backup copies of any files on your hard disk. This
section explains how to
- back up the contents of your hard disk
- create an Apple IIe partition on your hard disk
- restore the original contents of your hard disk
Backing up your hard disk. To back up your hard disk, follow the steps in
this section. (If you normally use another method of backing up your files,
such as copying them to another hard disk or to a tape cartridge, you can use
that method instead.)
1. Turn on your Macintosh LC computer.
If your computer is already on, quit any programs you might be running.
2. Insert a blank 3.5-inch floppy disk into the built-in disk drive.
If you see a message asking if you want to initialize the disk, click
Initialize. (If you're using an 800K disk, click Double-Sided.)
3. Copy your files and folders to the floppy disk.