Apple Macintosh PowerBook 180 computers Manuel d'utilisateur télécharger pdf (Page 88)

Initialize a disk

Every new disk needs to be prepared for use. Preparing a new

disk is called initializing it. In the same way that lines are drawn on

a newly paved parking lot to mark off parking spaces, the

initializing process creates organized areas on the disk where the

computer can store information. Your computer’s hard disk was

initialized at the factory, but you need to initialize any new floppy

disks you want to use.

1. Read the message on your screen.

The computer requests information from you or warns you

about the consequences of an action by presenting a message

in the form of a dialog box.

If you inserted a high-density disk, this dialog box appears:

If you inserted a double-sided disk, this dialog box appears:

2. If you inserted a high-density disk, click Initialize.

If you inserted a double-sided disk, click Two-Sided.

Another dialog box appears:

This dialog box appears because you can initialize old disks as

well as new ones—and the computer doesn’t know whether

the disk in the drive is old or new. Initializing erases all

information on a disk. In this case, because the floppy disk is

new, there is no information on it to erase.

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