Fujitsu C2010, C2111 manual Loading a Disk, Ejecting a Disk, Preparing a Disk for USE

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I n t e r n a l F l o p p y D i s k D r i v e

Figure 4-2 Loading/Ejecting a 3.5” Floppy Disk

Internal Floppy Disk Drive

Your LifeBook notebook has an internal floppy disk drive which can read and write information on remov- able 1.44MB and 720KB floppy disks.

LOADING A DISK

To load a disk into your disk drive, follow these easy steps:

1.Position the disk so that its label is facing upwards and the shutter side is pointing towards the drive. (Figure 4-2)

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 notebook.

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.

PREPARING A DISK FOR USE

Before you can use a new disk, it needs to be prepared so your LifeBook notebook knows where to store infor- mation. This preparation is called formatting or initial- izing 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 4-3)

Write Enabled

Write Protected

3. Remove the disk.

C A U T I O N

Figure 4-3 Floppy Disk Write Protect

■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.

■Formatting a floppy disk that already contains data will erase all of the information on the disk.

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