- EPSON Equity 386/20 - User Manual

If you have only one diskette drive and no hard disk, you need to use

that drive to load the operating system as well as the application

programs you are using. First load the operating system; this copies it

to the computer’s memory (RAM) so you do not need to leave the

system diskette in the drive. Then you can remove that diskette and

insert the program diskette you want to use, and load that into

memory too. See your application program manual for detailed

instructions.

If you have a hard disk and one diskette drive, you can load the

operating system and application programs from the hard disk, create

and store your data there, and use the diskette drive just for copying

data to or from diskettes.

Using Two Diskette Drives

If you have two diskette drives, you can use the top drive (A) for

loading the operating system and application programs and the

second drive (B) for creating data. If you have a hard disk, you will

probably need the diskette drives just to copy files to and from the

hard disk and to copy diskettes.

Using a Hard Disk Drive

Working with a hard disk is similar to working with a diskette.

However, the hard disk provides several advantages:

l The 40MB hard disk can store as much data as 33 1.2MB

diskettes and the 90MB hard disk can store the equivalent of

approximately 75 1.2MB diskettes.

Your computer can perform all disk-related operations faster.

You can store all your frequently used programs and data files on

the hard disk, eliminating the inconvenience of swapping

diskettes to access different files.

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