Epson 10020 User Manual

The disk drives in your computer allow you to store data on

disk, and then retrieve and use it when you like. The Apex 100

has two 360KB diskette drives and the Apex 100\20 has one

360KB diskette drive and one 20MB hard disk.

This section explains how disks work and tells you how to do 

the following:

Choose diskettes

Care for your diskettes and diskette drives

     Insert and remove diskettes

    Write-protect diskettes

Make backup copies of your diskettes

Use a single diskette drive

Use a hard disk drive.

The diskette you insert in your computer’s diskette drive is

made of flexible plastic coated with magnetic material. It is
enclosed in a square jacket that is slightly flexible. Your
computer stores data on the diskette by recording on the
magnetic surface.

Unlike a diskette, a hard disk is rigid and fixed in place. It is
sealed in a protective case to keep it free from dust and dirt. A
hard disk stores data the same way that a diskette does, but it

works faster and has a much larger storage capacity.

All disks are divided into data storage compartments by sides,

tracks, and sectors. Double-sided diskettes--like the ones you
use in your computer-store data on both sides. There are

concentric rings, called tracks, on the disk in which data is