A mouse is a device that controls a small "pointer" (usually shaped like an arrow or an `x') on the screen.
There are other login options for logging in without a disk, and for initializing a disk. The disks you got at the Instrument Room should have been pre-formatted. Reformatting a disk takes about 5 minutes; don't do this unless you really need. And of course, don't reformat a disk that contains files that you need--the files will be destroyed.
The Cynic's First Law states that programs don't become more reliable as they are debugged; the bugs just become harder to find.
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