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Disk Drives allow computers to read [[Floppy Disk|Floppy Disks]]. They have their own API, the [[DISK]] API.[[File:CR4mm.png|frame|right|The recipe for a disk drive.]]
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The disk drive arrived with the ComputerCraft 1.2 update and with that also came [[Floppy Disk]]s. The disk drive is an object that, when placed adjacently but not diagonally next to a computer, does the same as a disk drive for real computers in the real world would do: they allow the access to portable data storage devices ([[Floppy Disk]]s).[[File:CR4mm.png|frame|right|The recipe for a disk drive.]]
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== Usage ==
 
== Usage ==
Place a Disk Drive on a side of the [[Console|Computer]].
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To use a disk drive, place it adjacently but not diagonally next to a computer (left, right, top, bottom, front, or back side). Insert a disk by right-clicking on the disk drive and placing the disk in the slot above the inventory.[[File:DiskDriveGUI.png|thumb|350px|GUI of the Disk Drive]]
  
Right-Click on the Disk Drive and place the disk into the slot of the GUI.
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== API ==
[[File:DiskDriveGUI.png|frame|right|GUI of the Disk Drive]]
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See [[Disk (API)]] for the disk API.
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Revision as of 14:42, 28 February 2012

The disk drive arrived with the ComputerCraft 1.2 update and with that also came Floppy Disks. The disk drive is an object that, when placed adjacently but not diagonally next to a computer, does the same as a disk drive for real computers in the real world would do: they allow the access to portable data storage devices (Floppy Disks).
File:CR4mm.png
The recipe for a disk drive.

Usage

To use a disk drive, place it adjacently but not diagonally next to a computer (left, right, top, bottom, front, or back side). Insert a disk by right-clicking on the disk drive and placing the disk in the slot above the inventory.
GUI of the Disk Drive

API

See Disk (API) for the disk API.