Hot Swapping Pc Cards; Using An Sd Card - Toshiba Portégé M100 Series User Manual

Hot swapping PC Cards

One of the great things about PC Cards is that you can
replace one PC Card with another while the computer is on.
This is called "hot swapping.
Hot swapping precautions
Although you can insert a PC Card at any time, remember not
to remove a card while it is in use. Otherwise, you could lose
valuable information.
For example:
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Never remove a hard disk card or CD-ROM drive card
while the system is accessing the card.
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Never remove a network card while you are connected to
the network.
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Never remove a SCSI card while any of the SCSI devices
connected to it are operating.
Before removing a PC Card, stop it by clicking the PC Card
(PCMCIA) icon on the taskbar.

Using an SD card

Your computer supports the use of an SD card, a stamp-size
flash memory card with various capacities of memory. The
card can be used with a variety of digital products: digital
DEFINITION: Hot swapping is the ability to change PC Cards
while the computer is on.
DEFINITION: SCSI is an acronym for Small Computer Systems
Interface. A single SCSI PC Card enables you to connect
several SCSI devices to your computer at the same time.
Expansion Options
Using an SD card
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