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Diskette Drive: Dell™ Inspiron™ 3700 System Reference
Your computer was shipped with a 3.5-inch diskette drive (see
the diskette drive. For detailed instructions on installing devices in the media bay, see
NOTE: If the computer is docked to the Inspiron 3700 Advanced Port Replicator (APR), turn off the computer and undock it before
installing or removing a diskette drive.
The diskette drive lets you install programs and transfer data using 3.5-inch diskettes.
Figure 1. Diskette Drive Installed in Computer
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 in the media bay, the drive access indicator blinks.
NOTE: You can use the diskette drive externally by connecting it to the parallel connector on the back of the computer. If you are
running the Microsoft® Windows® 98 operating system on your computer and the
Setup program, 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, you do need to reboot the computer after you connect the diskette
drive.
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Figure 1) in the media bay. To use another device in the media bay, first remove
"Using the Media
Diskette Reconfig
Bay."
option is enabled in the System