Choose Paste 10. Now Open the Edit menu Choose Select All Open the Edit Menu Choose Copy Close the My Documents folder . Open the location that you are backing your files to . Open the Edit Menu . Choose Paste .
Floppy disks are a fairly fragile medium, and they all have a finite shelf life.
Once you start using a floppy disk, the clock starts ticking . Also, the heads on the floppy drive are in direct contact with the disk, so the disks can become scraped and damaged. Floppies are very sensitive to stray magnetic impulses, and they're often thrown around and mishandled.