Floppy Disk Drive; Loading A Disk; Ejecting A Disk; Preparing A Disk For Use - Fujitsu LIFEBOOK LifeBook C6577 User Manual

Floppy Disk Drive

Your Fujitsu LifeBook has a 3.5" floppy disk drive with
the ability to read and write information on removable
1.44MB and 720KB floppy disks.

LOADING A DISK

To load a disk into your disk drive, follow these easy
steps:
1. Orient the disk so that its label is facing upwards
and the shutter side is pointing towards the drive.
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.
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-
Figure 4-2 Loading/Ejecting a 3.5" Floppy Disk
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.
F l o p p y D i s k D r i v e
Eject Button
Write Protected
Figure 4-3 Floppy Disk Write Protect
C A U T I O N
Formatting a floppy disk that already contains data will
erase all of the information on the disk.
Write Enabled
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