From: thewises@enter.net   
      
   > I've read in several places that one should turn their system on first,   
   > then insert the floppy to prevent damage (to the floppy disk). So I   
   > thought I'd start doing this and gave it a try on my M4.   
   >   
   > The computer comes on and displays "Diskette?". I put an LDOS floppy in   
   > drive 0, the screen goes blank, then a few seconds later it displays   
   > "disk error".  I hit the reset button, again, "disk error".   
   >   
   > So I turn the computing off, pause, and back on. LDOS boots. This disk   
   > is "good", and this behaviour is the same with other boot disks. What   
   > gives? Is it okay to turn your M4 on with a floppy in the drive?   
      
   I've heard that when you turn a computer on(or turn it off), a power surge   
   goes through the floppy drives that will damage disks that are in them. I   
   heard that this can happen with _any_ computer.   
      
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