Before Using Floppy Disks - Roland MT-300S Owner's Manual

Before Using Floppy Disks

Handling the Floppy Disk Drive
• Install the unit on a solid, level surface in an area
free from vibration. If the unit must be installed at
an angle, be sure the installation does not exceed the
permissible range.
• Avoid using the unit immediately after it has been
moved to a location with a level of humidity that is
greatly different than its former location. Rapid
changes in the environment can cause condensation
to form inside the drive, which will adversely affect
the operation of the drive and/or damage floppy
disks. When the unit has been moved, allow it to
become accustomed to the new environment (allow
a few hours) before operating it.
• To insert a disk, push it gently but firmly into the
drive—it will click into place. To remove a disk,
press the EJECT button firmly. Do not use excessive
force to remove a disk which is lodged in the drive.
• Never attempt to remove a floppy disk from the
drive while the drive is operating (the indicator is
brightly lit); damage could result to both the disk
and the drive.
• Remove any disk from the drive before powering up
or down.
• To prevent damage to the disk drive's heads, always
try to hold the floppy disk in a level position (not
tilted in any direction) while inserting it into the
drive. Push it in firmly, but gently. Never use exces-
sive force.
• To avoid the risk of malfunction and/or damage,
insert only floppy disks into the disk drive. Never
insert any other type of disk. Avoid getting paper
clips, coins, or any other foreign objects inside the
drive.
Handling Floppy Disks
• Floppy disks contain a plastic disk with a thin coat-
ing of magnetic storage medium. Microscopic preci-
sion is required to enable storage of large amounts
of data on such a small surface area. To preserve
their integrity, please observe the following when
handling floppy disks:
• Never touch the magnetic medium inside the
disk.
• Do not use or store floppy disks in dirty or dusty
areas.
• Do not subject floppy disks to temperature
extremes (e.g., direct sunlight in an enclosed vehi-
cle). Recommended temperature range: 10 to 50
C (50 to 122 F).
• Do not expose floppy disks to strong magnetic
fields, such as those generated by loudspeakers.
• Floppy disks have a "write protect" tab which can
protect the disk from accidental erasure. It is recom-
mended that the tab be kept in the PROTECT posi-
tion, and moved to the WRITE position only when
you wish to write new data onto the disk.
Rear side of the disk
Write Protect Tab
• The identification label should be firmly affixed to
the disk. Should the label come loose while the disk
is in the drive, it may be difficult to remove the disk.
• Store all disks in a safe place to avoid damaging
them, and to protect them from dust, dirt, and other
hazards. By using a dirty or dust-ridden disk, you
risk damaging the disk, as well as causing the disk
drive to malfunction.
• Disks containing performance data for this unit
should always be locked (have their write protect
tab slid to the "Protect" position) before you insert
them into the drive on some other unit (except the
PR-300, or a product in the HP-G, MT, KR, or Atelier
families), or into a computer's drive. Otherwise (if
the write protect tab remains in the "Write" posi-
tion), when you perform any disk operations using
the other device's disk drive (such as checking the
contents of the disk, or loading data), you risk ren-
dering the disk unreadable by this unit's disk drive.
Write
(can write new data onto disk)
Protect
(prevents writing to disk)
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