Handling The Floppy Disk Drive(Fdd) And Floppy Disk - Yamaha A4000 Owner's Manual

Handling the Floppy Disk Drive(FDD) and Floppy Disk

Precautions
Be sure to handle floppy disks and treat the disk drive with care. Follow the important precautions below.
Disk Type
The A5000/A4000 disk drive accepts 2HD-type and 2DD-type 3.5" floppy disks.
Inserting/Ejecting Floppy Disks
To insert a floppy disk into the disk drive:
• Hold the disk so that the label of the disk is facing upward and the sliding shutter is facing forward,
towards the disk slot. Carefully insert the disk into the slot, slowly pushing it all the way in until it
clicks into place and the eject button pops out.
To eject a floppy disk:
• Before ejecting the disk, be sure to confirm that the FDD is stopped (check if the LED below the
floppy disk slot is off).
Press the eject button slowly as far as it will go; the disk will automatically pop out. When the disk
is fully ejected, carefully remove it by hand.
• Never attempt to remove the disk or turn the power off during reading or writing. Doing so can
damage the disk and possibly the disk drive.
• If the eject button is pressed too quickly, or if it is not pressed in as far as it will go, the disk may
not eject properly. The eject button may become stuck in a half-pressed position with the disk
extending from the drive slot by only a few millimeters. If this happens, do not attempt to pull out
the partially ejected disk, since using force in this situation can damage the disk drive mechanism
or the floppy disk. To remove a partially ejected disk, try pressing the eject button once again, or
push the disk back into the slot and then repeat the eject procedure.
• Be sure to remove the floppy disk from the disk drive before turning off the power. A floppy disk
left in the drive for extended periods can easily pick up dust and dirt that can cause data read and
write errors.
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