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Formatting a diskette – Toshiba V1100 User Manual

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Formatting a diskette

It is common to purchase diskettes preformatted; however, you may
want to format a used diskette for reuse.

Formatting a diskette erases all information currently on the diskette. Do

not format a diskette unless you are sure it is blank or contains only files

you no longer need.

Before formatting a diskette:

□ Set the diskette to write-enabled. The tab at the left corner of the

diskette should cover the square hole.

□ Check that the diskette does not contain information you may need.

Insert the diskette in the drive, click

Start

, point to

Programs

, click

Windows Explorer

and click the

A:

drive to see what the diskette

contains.

To format the diskette:

1. Double-click the My Computer icon.

2. Click

A:

with the secondary button, then click

Format

.

3. Make sure the options in the

Format

dialog box are set correctly,

especially the

Capacity

option.

You cannot format 720 KB diskettes for 1.44 MB.

Click

Start

.

Your operating system formats the diskette, displaying the

Format

Results

screen when it is finished.

Click

Close

.

Press the diskette eject button and remove the diskette from the
drive.
To format another diskette, insert it into the drive and repeat steps 4
through 6.

When you've finished formatting diskettes, click

Close

to exit the

Format

dialog box.

Close the

My Computer

window.

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