The name must not contain a space or any of the following characters: If you have any directory displays open for the disc under its old name, they will be closed when you rename the disc.Ī disc name must contain at least two, and at most ten, printing characters.

Type in the name (it must be at least two characters long).

If you're formatting a floppy disc, ensure that it is formatted and not write-protected before you insert it into the disc drive.

Click Menu over the disc icon on the icon bar.

If you don't name a floppy disc when you format it than it is automatically given a name based on the current date and time. It is advisable to keep disc names unique, so that the filing system can tell them apart. You should use names, since the filing system can prompt you to insert a floppy disc by name if it is needed. If a second hard disc is fitted, it is given the number :5.Įach disc may be referred to either by a name, or by the number of the drive on which it is mounted. If a hard disc is not given a name it is given the number :4. This will be :0 unless you have more than one floppy drive. The floppy disc drive icon on the icon bar always has the drive number beneath it. Names of floppy discs are only shown in the title bar of directory displays.

The name of a hard disc appears underneath the hard disc icon on the icon bar, and in the title bar of directory displays. Names that you recognise and understand are helpful. Īll floppy discs and hard discs can be given names. You'll find some more general information about discs and disc drives in the Welcome Guide supplied with your computer. A floppy disc holds much less information than a hard disc, and can't retrieve it so quickly.

A hard disc can store large amounts of information for long periods of time then, when needed, it can retrieve the information quickly so that it can be used again. Most computers are fitted with a floppy disc drive and a hard disc drive. This chapter shows you some more desktop options to help you use hard discs and floppy discs.

Floppy disk format