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3 Using Your Laptop

3.When the floppy disk clicks into place, the eject button pops out. The floppy disk is now ready for use.

To remove a floppy disk from the floppy disk drive, follow these steps:

1.Ensure that the FDD (Floppy Disk Drive) Status indicator (located just below the display) is not lit. Never remove a floppy disk from the floppy disk drive while the FDD Status indicator is lit; otherwise you may damage both the floppy disk and the floppy disk drive’s read/write head.

2.Gently press the floppy disk eject button.

3.When the floppy disk pops out, remove it from the drive slot and store it in a cool, dry place.

Write Protecting and Backing Up Floppy Disks

When working with floppy disks, it is easy to accidentally erase the data stored on them. Write protecting a floppy disk serves several important purposes:

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It protects the data stored on the floppy disk from being erased.

It prevents additional data from being written to the floppy disk.

It protects the floppy disk from infection by a computer virus.

Figure 15 Write Protecting a Floppy Disk

Refer to the following instructions to write protect a floppy disk.

1.Hold the floppy disk in front of you with the drive wheel facing up as shown in Figure 15.

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