Fujitsu LifeBook C-4120 Manual page 45

Loading a Floppy Disk
Insert a floppy disk into the floppy disk drive –
shutter side first and label up – until the Eject
button pops out. (Figure 3-7.)
P O I N T
When there is no floppy disk in the
drive, the Eject button is flush with the
right-side of your notebook.
Ejecting a Floppy Disk
To eject a disk, check that the Floppy Disk
Drive Access indicator is Off, (see pages 20
and 23) and press the Eject button.
(Figure 3-7.)
C A U T I O N
If you eject the disk while the Floppy
Disk Drive Access indicator is On, there
is a risk of damaging the disk, the disk
drive or the data on the disk.
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Figure 3-7 Ejecting a Floppy Disk
Preparing a Floppy Disk for Use
Before you can use a new floppy disk, you need
to prepare it so your notebook knows where to
store information. This preparation is called
formatting or initializing a disk. You need to
format new 3.5" floppy disks, unless you pur-
chase preformatted disks. 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 accidental erasure of data stored on
a floppy disk, slide the "write protect" tab on
the floppy disk to open up the small hole. This
makes the disk "write protected." When you
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want to write data to that disk, slide the
write protect tab the other way to close the
small hole. (See Figure 3-8.)
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
information on the disk will be erased.
Write Enabled
Write Protected
Figure 3-8 Floppy Disk Write Protect
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