
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.
