Disconnecting 3 ½" Floppy Disk Drive; Using The Optical Media Drive - Toshiba Satellite L20 Series User Manual

Disconnecting 3 ½" floppy disk drive
When you have finished using the floppy disk drive, follow the procedures
below to disconnect it:
1. Wait for the indicator light to go out to make sure all floppy disk activity
has stopped.
If you disconnect the floppy disk drive or turn off the power while the
computer is accessing the drive you may lose data or damage the floppy
disk or the drive.
2. Click the Safely Remove Hardware icon on the Task Bar.
3. Click floppy disk drive.
4. Pull the floppy disk drive connector out of the USB port.

Using the optical media drive

The text and illustrations in this section refer primarily to the optical
DVD-ROM drive. However, operation is the same for all other optical media
drives. The full-size drive provides high-performance execution of CD/
DVD-ROM-based programs. You can run either 12 cm (4.72") or 8 cm
(3.15") CD/DVDs without an adaptor. An ATAPI interface controller is used
for CD/DVD-ROM operation. When the computer is accessing a CD/
DVD-ROM, an indicator on the drive glows.
Use the WinDVD application to view DVD movie discs.
If you have a CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive, refer also to the
on CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive
DVDs.
If you have a DVD Super Multi drive, refer also to the
the DVD Super Multi drive supporting DVD±R Double layer
precautions on writing to CDs/DVDs.
If you have a DVD Super Multi drive( Supporting DVD±R Double Layer),
refer also to the
supporting DVD±R Double layer
DVDs.
User's Manual
section for precautions on writing to CDs/
Writing CD/DVDs with the DVD Super Multi drive
section for precautions on writing to CDs/
Operating Basics
Writing CDs with
Writing CD/DVDs with
section for
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