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Internal Floppy Disk Drive
Your LifeBook notebook has an internal floppy disk
drive which can read and write information on remov-
able 1.44 MB and 720 KB floppy disks.
LOADING A DISK
To load a disk into your disk drive, follow these easy
steps:
1. Position the disk so that its label is facing upwards
and the shutter side is pointing towards the drive.
(Figure 4-2)
2. Push the disk into the drive until the Eject button
pops out and you hear a click.
When there is no disk in the drive, the
Eject button is flush with your LifeBook
notebook.
EJECTING A DISK
To eject a disk from the disk drive, follow these easy
steps:
1. Check that the Floppy Disk Drive Access indicator
is inactive.
2. Press the Eject button. This will push your disk
partially out of the drive.
3. Remove the disk.
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If you eject the disk while the Floppy
Disk Drive Access indicator is active,
there is a risk of damaging the data on
the disk, the disk itself or even the disk
drive.
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Formatting a floppy disk that already
contains data will erase all of the infor-
mation on the disk.
Figure 4-2. Loading/Ejecting a 3.5" Floppy Disk
PREPARING A DISK FOR USE
Before you can use a new disk, it needs to be prepared
so your LifeBook notebook knows where to store infor-
mation. This preparation is called formatting or initial-
izing a disk. You will need to format new disks, unless
they are preformatted. (Please refer to your operating
system manual for step-by-step instructions on formatting a
disk)
To prevent accidental erasure of the data stored on a
disk, slide the "write protect" tab until a small hole is
exposed. This sets the disk into a protected state where
nothing can be added or removed. If you want to add or
remove data on a protected disk, slide the "write
protect" tab to close the small hole. (Figure 4-3)
I n t e r n a l F l o p p y D i s k D r i v e
Write Protected
Figure 4-3. Floppy Disk Write Protect
Write Enabled
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