NEC VERSA SXI Manual page 83

SuperDisk Drive
The SuperDisk drive offers many improvements on the standard diskette drive
technology, including faster data access, greater reliability, and higher recording
capacities. The drive uses the latest laser-servo (LS) technology, which writes to and
reads from specially designed 120-MB diskettes as well as standard 720-KB and
1.44-MB diskettes.
The SuperDisk drive offers the following features which are described after the figure.
Emergency Eject Hole — allows you to manually remove a disk from the
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SuperDisk drive if the eject function is disabled by software or a power failure.
To remove a disk, insert the end of a paper clip into the eject hole and push in. The
SuperDisk ejects.
Release Button — ejects the SuperDisk. Press this button when power is on to insert
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a SuperDisk into or remove a SuperDisk from the drive.
Status LED — lights during data read operations. Do not eject the SuperDisk or
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turn off the NEC Versa when the indicator is lit.
Formatting Diskettes in the SuperDisk Drive
When formatting a diskette in the SuperDisk drive while in DOS mode, you may
encounter the following error messages:
For 720-KB and 1.44-MB diskettes the error message states
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"Invalid media or Track 0 bad – disk unusable,"
"Extended Error 1g - format terminated."
For a 120-MB SuperDisk the error message states
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"Parameters not supported by drive."
When in DOS mode, the message text may vary. These error messages indicate that the
diskette you are attempting to format is write-protected. Simply write-enable the
diskette before formatting.
NEC VersaBay III
The NEC VersaBay III is the drive bay located on the right side of the system. Your
NEC Versa ships with a 24X CD-ROM drive, CD read/write drive, SuperDisk drive, or
8X DVD-ROM drive installed in the bay. In Windows 2000, you can swap devices out
of the NEC VersaBay III with system power on. In Windows 98, the NEC VersaBay III
supports warm swapping which allows you to remove and replace a device while your
NEC Versa is in a sleep state. For details about using the warm swap utility, refer to the
section, "NEC VersaBay III Swap Utility," later in this chapter.
5-2 Using the System Drives and Bays