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How to download something to a floppy."

  I got your e-mail and the suggestions you have for the next meeting would be of great interest to me as the down loading to floppy has always intrigued my brain and also down loading to read write disk has always foiled my comprehensions. Let me know what the other members think. You have a good day and if I do not see you before the next meeting, I with hopes will see you there.
                                                         Darwin 

Step by step saving to an "Floppy Disk" [3 1/2 Floppy (a:) 

Saving to a floppy disk:

1.) Place a floppy disk with the left tab slide closed (one tab will be so you can be so you can see daylight the other must be closed so you can write [save] to it !) into the floppy drive slot

2.) Open the program you want to save
Data/Information/Pictures from

3.)
Highlight using the mouse by holding down on the left button of the mouse and scroll down the LEFT side of the lines until it is dark - on the text & pictures  in the program you want to save

a.) 2nd  OPTION: you can also use the up,side & down arrows on the keyboard  to highlight by setting the blinking vertical  black line at the start of the material 1st left line & By holding down the shift key with the left trigger finger  and use the right trigger finger to move the up, side & down arrow keys to do the highlighting

3.)  After
highlighting the desired material go to the "Edit"  (top left of your screen) & click

4.) Then  click on the "Copy" in the opened "pull down menu"

5.) then go to "My Computer" icon upper left on the "desktop" (Main Screen)  and  double click

6.) then click on the "3 1/2 Floppy (a:) " icon and double click

7.) then go to the top of the "pull down menu" and  then click on "Edit"

8.) then click on "Paste" in the "Pull Down Menu"  and wait until the floppy disk drive
light goes off

9.) You have saved to the information onto the hard drive -
Viola!


10.) To transfer information (data) from the floppy back into the "Hard Drive" you simply start at the Floppy at step 2.) and reverse the saving process back into a hard drive program or folder