Floppy Disk Drive - Fujitsu 565Tx User Manual

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FLOPPY DISK DRIVE

The rem ova ble floppy disk drive is a 3.5" drive
wh i ch can re ad and wri te on 1.44MB and 720KB
m em ory capac i ty floppy disks. F l oppy disk for-
mat is con tro ll ed from your opera ting sys tem .
(See your sof twa re documen t a tion for more info r-
m a ti o n.) The rem ova ble floppy disk drive can
be used ex tern a lly with the ex ternal floppy disk
d rive ad a pter via the Med i a Con n ect. (See Fi g u re
1-12 on pa ge 10 and Med i a Co n n e ct on pa ge 9–11
for co n n e ction info rm a ti o n . ) The sys tem wi ll tre a t
the drive in ex act ly the same way rega rdless of
wh ere it is install ed . ( For floppy disk drive install a-
tion and rem oval instru ctions see Mu l ti - f u n cti o n
Bay Devi ces on pa ges 95–96 and Extern a l
In s t a ll a tion of F l oppy Disk Drive on pa ge s
1 0 5 – 1 0 6.) Wh en your sys tem boots it wi ll alw ays
l ook first for a floppy disk drive in the Mu l ti -
f u n cti on bay and then look at the ex ternal floppy
disk drive port .
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C A U T I O N
To get your system to recognize a newly
installed floppy disk drive requires
restarting your notebook.
C A U T I O N
The external floppy disk adapter is for
use with the modular floppy disk drive
only. Installing any other module in the
adapter may damage the module, your
notebook or the adapter.
Loading a Floppy Disk
To load,insert a floppy diskinto the floppy
disk drive, shutter side first and label up, until
the Eject button above the floppy disk drive
opening pops out. (Figure 2-10.)
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.
Figure 2-10 Loading/Ejecting a Floppy Disk