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External USB Floppy
Disk Drive
Your LifeBook has an external USB floppy disk drive
which can read and write information on removable
1.44MB and 720KB floppy disks.
P O I N T
Your LifeBook is preconfigured to boot from a USB
floppy drive. Reference the BIOS manual for further
information on changing the default boot drive.
LOADING A DISK
To load a disk into your disk drive, follow these easy
steps:
1. Position the disk so that its label is facing upwards
and the shutter side is pointing towards the drive.
(Figure 4-2)
2. Push the disk into the drive until the Eject button
pops out and you hear a click.
P O I N T
When there is no disk in the drive, the Eject button is
flush with your LifeBook.
EJECTING A DISK
To eject a disk from the disk drive, follow these easy
steps:
1. Check that the Floppy Disk Drive Access indicator
is inactive.
2. Press the Eject button. This will push your disk
partially out of the drive.
3. Remove the disk.
E x t e r n a l U S B F l o p p y D i s k D r i v e
Figure 4-2 Loading/Ejecting a 3.5" Floppy Disk
C A U T I O N
If you eject the disk while the Floppy Disk Drive Access
indicator is active, there is a risk of damaging the data
on the disk, the disk itself or even the disk drive.
PREPARING A DISK FOR USE
Before you can use a new disk, it needs to be prepared
so your LifeBook knows where to store information. This
preparation is called formatting or initializing a disk. You
will need to format new disks, unless they are prefor-
matted. (Please refer to your operating system manual for
step-by-step instructions on formatting a disk)
To prevent accidental erasure of the data stored on a
disk, slide the "write protect" tab until a small hole is
exposed. This sets the disk into a protected state where
nothing can be added or removed. If you want to add or
remove data on a protected disk, slide the "write
protect" tab to close the small hole. (Figure 4-3)
Write Protected
C A U T I O N
Formatting a floppy disk that already contains data will
erase all of the information on the disk.
Eject Button
Write Enabled
Figure 4-3 Floppy Disk Write Protect
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