Fujitsu 690TX manual Ejecting a Floppy Disk, Preparing a Floppy Disk for Use

S e c t i o n T w o

P O I N T

When there is no floppy disk in the drive, the eject button is flush with the front of your LAN Enhancement Unit.

Ejecting a Floppy Disk

To eject a disk, check that the Floppy Disk Drive Access indicator is Off, (see page 26) and press the Eject button. (Figure 2-10.)

C A U T I O N

If you eject the disk while the Floppy Disk Access indicator is on, there is a risk of damaging the data on the disk or the disk drive.

Preparing a Floppy Disk for Use

Before you can use a new disk, you need to pre- pare it so your notebook knows where to store information. This preparation is called format- ting or initializing a disk. You need to format new 3.5" floppy disks, unless you purchase

preformatted disks. You will use your notebook’s operating system software to format a floppy disk.Please refer to the operating system manual for step-by-step instructions.

To prevent data stored on a floppy disk from being erased,slide the write protect tab on the floppy disk to open up the small hole. This makes the disk write protected. When you want to write data to that disk,slide the write protect tab the other way to close the small hole. (Figure 2-11.)

C A U T I O N

Formatting a previously used floppy disk is an effective method of clearing a disk as long as you realize that ALL the information on the disk will be erased.

Care of Floppy Disk Drives and Disks

■Avoid storing the floppy disk drive and disks in extremely hot and cold locations, or in locations subject to severe temperature changes.

Write Enabled

Write Protected

Figure 2-11 Floppy Disk Write Protect

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