HP 18XL280 manual Identifying Your Storage Drives, Using the Diskette Drive

Storage Drives

Identifying Your Storage Drives

•Identifying Your Storage Drives

•Using the Diskette Drive

Did you know...

On selected models, Compaq provides a back-up utility (or system save) that allows you to save your data and applications to a partitioned drive located on your hard disk. To determine the total hard disk size, add the size of both the C and D

Your diskette drive, hard drive, and CD, CD-RW, or DVD drive are designated with letters of the alphabet, as well as with icons.

To determine your drive letters, complete the following steps:

1.From the Windows desktop,

double-click the

My Computer g icon. The icons for each drive and corresponding drive letters are displayed in the My Computer window.

2.Use the icons to the right to identify your drive.

h

3 1/2 Diskette _______

Standard Diskette Drive

q

Local Diskette _______

Hard Drive

æ

Drive _______

CD, DVD, or CD-RW Drive

drives together.

Tip

To prevent damage to the diskette and the information stored on it, wait until diskette drive activity is complete before removing the diskette.

Note: Your Notebook comes with a CD, DVD, or CD-RW drive.

Using the Diskette Drive

To insert a diskette into the diskette drive, hold the diskette with the label facing up and the arrow on the diskette pointing towards the drive, and gently push the diskette into the drive.

To remove a diskette, press the

Eject button on the diskette drive.

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