Using The Drives - Sharp PC-AR50 Manual

Using the Drives

Your computer has three different drives; the internal hard disk drive, the CD-R/RW
drive unit, and the floppy disk drive unit. The CD-R/RW and floppy disk drive unit
can be installed in the unit bay on the right side of the computer. If you want to use
the CD-R/RW and the floppy disk drive at the same time, you can install the CD-
R/RW drive in the unit bay, and use the floppy disk drive as an external component
connected to your computer through the parallel/FDD port on the back of the
computer. The floppy disk drive has an optional box (CE-FC02) to use the drive
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externally.
Drive Properties
You can learn about the properties of the drives by double-clicking the My
Computer icon on the Windows desktop. In the My Computer window, right click
on any of the drives and select Properties from the drop down menu to display the
capacity of the drive, and other information.
Hard disk drive
Your computer has a high-capacity hard disk drive installed internally. Your
computer identifies the hard disk drive as drive C: and D:. The hard disk is pre-
installed with the Windows Me operating system and the software and drivers
required to run all the components of your computer.
When you install software applications and use them to create files and documents,
you store them in folders on the hard disk drive. You can use Windows Explorer to
create new folders and sub-folders and navigate and maintain the folders and files
that are stored on the hard disk.
If your hard disk drive ever gets corrupted, you can use the Recovery CD to recreate
the state of the hard disk drive when it was first shipped. However, you will lose any
files that you have subsequently created unless you have backed them up to another
storage device.
For information on using the Recovery CD, see Re-installation
Instructions.
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