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External Floppy
Disk Drive*
*Optional device
CONNECTING AN OPTIONAL
EXTERNAL FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
Your LifeBook notebook may have an optional external
floppy disk drive which can read and write information
on removable 1.44MB and 720KB floppy disks.
The USB floppy disk drive can be installed while your
system is in a suspended state ("warm" connection),
while the system is running ("hot" connection), or when
the system is off ("cold" connection).
Figure 4-4. USB floppy disk drive cable and connection
Attach the external USB floppy disk drive by inserting
the end of the cable connector into the USB port. See the
figure above.
See your computer's User's Guide to determine the loca-
tion of the USB port.
Your computer will automatically detect the floppy disk
drive and activate it within your system. The drive letters
associated with the floppy disk drive will be created and
listed under My Computer and Windows Explorer.
U s e r I n s t a l l a b l e F e a t u r e s
Eject Button
Figure 4-3. Loading/Ejecting a 3.5" Floppy Disk
LOADING A DISK
To load a disk into your disk drive, follow these steps:
1. Orient the disk so that its label is facing upwards
and the shutter side is pointing towards the drive.
(Figure 4-3)
2. Push the disk into the drive until the Eject button
pops out and you hear a click.
EJECTING A DISK
To eject a disk from the disk drive, follow these 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.
PREPARING A DISK FOR USE
Before you can use a new disk, it needs to be prepared
so your notebook knows where to store information.
This preparation is called formatting or initializing a
disk. You will need to format new disks, unless they are
preformatted. (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. (Figure 4-5)
When there is no disk in the drive, the
Eject button is flush with your LifeBook
notebook.
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.
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