Storage Drives; Identifying Your Storage Drives; Using The Diskette Drive; Using The Superdisk Drive - HP Compaq Presario,Presario 1700 Supplementary Manual

• Identifying Your

Storage Drives

•

Using the Diskette Drive

• Using the SuperDisk
Drive
Did you know...
On select models, Compaq
provides a back-up utility
(or system save) that allows
you to save your data and
applications to a partitioned
drive located on your hard
disk. To determine the total
hard disk size, add the size
of both the C and D
drives together.
Tip
To prevent damage to the
diskette and the information
stored on it, wait until diskette
drive activity is complete
before removing the diskette.
Your diskette drive, hard drive, and
CD, CD-RW, or DVD drive are
designated with letters of the
alphabet, as well as with icons.
To determine your drive letters,
complete the following steps:
1. From the Windows desktop,
double-click the
My Computer
The icons for each drive
and corresponding drive
letters are displayed in the
My Computer window.
2. Use the icons to the right to
identify your drive.
To insert a diskette into the diskette
drive, hold the diskette with the
label facing up and the arrow on
the diskette pointing towards the
drive, and gently push the diskette
into the drive.
To remove a diskette, press the Eject button on the
diskette drive.
icon.