If you connect a hardware expansion to a CPC, FutureOS will automatically detect that expansion, initialise it and make it accessible. The architecture of the OS allows you to add and remove hardware on purpose. An example: You add a trackball, you use it, then you connect and use a joystick and then you use a proportional mouse for example. You can turn external hardware in the configuration-bytes on or off.
== Applications ===== Core Utilities ===
Tools like copy, format, verify or refresh a disc exist. You can copy files from different discs (and partitions) to different discs (and partitions) at once.