HP 80XL302 manual Using the Notebook, Floppy Disk Drive, Connecting the External Floppy Drive

Using the Notebook

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In this Chapter

Floppy Disk Drive, 2-1

Hard Disk Drive, 2-2

CD/DVD/CD-RW Drive, 2-3

Keyboard, 2-4

Touchpad, 2-7

Introducing Power

Management, 2-8

Taking Care of Your Notebook, 2-10

This chapter provides basic information on the notebook components such as the floppy disk drive, hard disk drive, CD-ROM drive, keyboard, and touchpad. It also explains Power Management features and recommends tips in Caring and Maintenance of the notebook.

Floppy Disk Drive

Your notebook comes with an external floppy disk drive designated as drive A. The external floppy disk drive allows you to load new programs into your notebook, or to store data on a removable diskette so you can transfer data from one computer to another.

Figure 2-1. 3.5-inch Diskette

This disk drive is compatible with either double- density (2DD) 720KB diskettes or high-density (2HD) 1.44MB diskettes. Notice that both types of diskettes have an arrow imprinted on the front upper left corner, and a slidable write-protect tab on the bottom left corner, as illustrated above. When slid downward, the write-protect tab prevents data from being written to, or erased from, the diskette.

Connecting the External Floppy Drive

To use the floppy disk drive, connect the data cable of the drive to any one of the USB port on the left side of your notebook (See Figure 2-2 n). Since USB connections allow hot-swapping, you can directly connect and disconnect the drive without turning off your notebook.

My Presario – Getting Started Using the Notebook 2-1