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DISKETTES AND CDS
Your Apricot Notebook PC comes with a 1.44Mb
floppy diskette drive (FDD) and a 20x/24x
CD-ROM drive. Either one of these drives can be
fitted inside the system unit at any one time. It is also
possible to use the FDD externally using a parallel
cable, while the CD-ROM drive is fitted inside the
Floppy diskette drive (FDD)
Inserting a diskette
1.
Insert the diskette with the metal shutter
foremost, and with the label side facing
upwards.
2.
Push the diskette all the way in until it 'clicks'
into place. The drive's eject button pops out
slightly. The drive flap stays open, leaving the
diskette just visible.
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system unit. These topics are covered in more detail
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later in the chapter.
The bay for the FDD/CD-ROM is in the front of the
computer, as shown in the Pictorial guide in Chapter 1.
Ejecting a diskette
Wait until the drive's activity indicator is unlit,
then press the
If a diskette becomes stuck in the drive, perhaps
because its label has peeled back, do not attempt to
remove it with tweezers or any similar implement; you
risk damaging the drive. Call an authorised
maintainer.
OWNER'S HANDBOOK
button.
EJECT
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