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Recycle a Floppy Disk

Floppy disks, as slow and old as they are compared to CD’s and Zip disks, still provide a useful tool in our computing lives. They dutifully back up our important files and allow us to share those files between computers and colleagues.  

However,  did you realize that a floppy disk is reusable?  You can turn those old floppy disks into newly usable media again by following these steps:

  1. Insert the floppy disk into your computer

  2. Double Click on ‘My Computer’

  3. Click ONE time on the 3 1/2 Floppy Disk

  4. Click on File from the menus

  5. Click on Format

  6. Under Format Type, click on Full

  7. Click on Start

Wait for the format to finish and then you will have a new disk capable of backing up your email, bookmarks, address book and much more!

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