Looking after floppy You will build up a collection of discs as time passes. Label them so that you discs always know which one holds the information you need. Store them carefully and keep them away from: extremes of temperature strong magnetic fields dust, dirt, coffee, pets etc. Don't open the metal shutter on the disc, as the disc surface is easily contaminated by dust. Looking after hard discs If your Archimedes computer is fitted with a hard disc, you'll have less floppy discs to worry about, but you should take some additional precautions, as follows: Never move the computer, or press Break or Reset, whilst the H/DISC activity light is illuminated.
If you have a 20MB hard disc, when you have finished your session, and before you switch off, click on Dismount on the hard disc icon menu (see Menus). This 'parks' the hard disc, and prevents damage being done to the disc while it is switched off. You must make sure you do this before you move an Archimedes computer fitted with a hard disc. Larger capacity discs carry out this task automatically: Disc drives 26