Fujitsu 420D User Manual page 42

C A U T I O N
To get the system to recognize a newly
installed floppy disk drive requires restart-
ing your notebook.
Loading a Floppy Disk
To load,insert a floppy disk into the floppy disk
drive, shutter side first and label up, until the
Eject Button above the floppy disk drive open-
ing pops out.(Figure 2-11)
P O I N T
When there is no floppy disk in the drive,
the Eject Button is flush with the front of
your notebook.
Ejecting a Floppy Disk
To eject a disk, check that the Floppy Disk
Access Indicator is o , (see page 20), and press
the Eject Button.(Figure 2-11).
U s i n g Y o u r L i f e B o o k 4 0 0 S e r i e s
C A U T I O N
If you eject the disk while the Floppy
Disk Access Indicator is On, there is a risk
of damaging the data on the disk or the
disk drive
Preparing a Floppy Disk for Use
Before you can use a new disk, you need to pre-
pare it so your notebook knows where to store
information. This preparation is called format-
ting or initializing a disk. You need to format
new 3.5" floppy disks,unless you purchase pre-
formatted disks. You will use your notebook's
operating system software to format a floppy
disk.Please refer to the operating system
manual for step-by-step instructions.
To prevent data stored on a floppy disk from
being erased,slide the write protect tab on the
floppy disk to open up the small hole. This
makes the disk write-protected. When you want
to write data to that disk,slide the write-protect
tab the other way to close the small hole.
L i f e B o o k 4 0 0 S e r i e s f r o m F u j i t s u
Figure 2-13 Floppy Disk Write Protect
C A U T I O N
Formatting a previously used floppy disk
is an effective method of clearing a disk
as long as you realize that ALL the infor-
mation on the disk will be erased.
Care of Floppy Disk Drives and Disks
Avoid storing the floppy disk drive and disks
in ex trem ely hot and cold loc a ti on s , or in loc a-
ti ons su bj ect to severe tem pera tu re ch a n ge s .
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