This will give you a blank bootable disk. Copy whatever additional files you want to the boot disk. This is a simple way of making sure that your disks do not become erased by mistake. More importantly, it prevents virus infection on the disk, so you will always know that the disk is safe to boot from. Try booting from the new boot disk and make sure that it is working properly and will allow you to boot up the system without the hard disk.
Floppy disks are notorious for developing read errors over time .
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