Chapter 15. Preparing Hard and Floppy Drives with Windows

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In the previous chapter, you learned the hardware mechanics behind magnetic and optical storage. In this chapter, you'll learn how data is stored on a disk.

You don't need to do anything to a new floppy disk or Zip disk before you can use it: Just pop it in the drive and copy files to it. Unfortunately, you need to take a few more steps before you can use your new internal hard disk for more ...

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