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Diskette Drive: Dell Latitude LS Portable Computers User's Guide
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Diskette Drive: Dell™ Latitude™ LS Portable
Computers User's Guide
Your computer was shipped with a 3.5-inch diskette drive installed in the external media bay.
For more information on using and installing devices in the external media bay, see
Media Bay."
The diskette drive lets you install programs and transfer data using 3.5-inch diskettes.
To use the diskette drive, insert a 3.5-inch diskette into the drive (label side up and metal end
first). Push the diskette into the drive until the eject button extends outside the drive casing.
NOTICE: Do not travel with a diskette in the diskette drive. Doing so could break the
eject button and damage the drive.
To remove a diskette from the drive, press the eject button to release the diskette, and then pull
the diskette out of the drive.
When data is being accessed from the diskette drive, the
NOTE: As an alternative diskette drive configuration, you can
to the parallel
from Dell. If you are running either the Microsoft® Windows® 95 or Windows 98
operating system on your computer, you do not have to reboot the computer when you
connect the diskette drive to the parallel connector. If you are running the Microsoft
Windows NT® operating system on your computer, reboot the computer after you
connect the diskette drive.
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connector on the back of the computer using an optional cable available
drive access indicator
connect the diskette drive
"External
blinks.