4. Close the tray by pressing the Eject/Load button, or by gently pushing the tray
in. When the tray is closed, the PD/CD indicator light on the front of the drive
will activate to indicate what type of media you have inserted. The light will be
amber if you have inserted a PD cartridge.
5. To eject the PD cartridge, do the following:
a. Press the Eject/Load button.
b. When the tray slides out, carefully remove the PD cartridge. To do this,
grasp the cartridge and carefully lift it out of the tray.
6. Close the tray.
Note: If the tray does not slide out of the drive when you press the Eject/Load
button, insert the pointed end of a large paper clip into the emergency eject
hole located to the left of the PD/CD indicator light.
Formatting PD Cartridges
You can buy PD cartridges either formatted or unformatted. Formatted PD
cartridges are ready to use, provided that they have been formatted with a format
supported by your operating system. Unformatted PD cartridges must be formatted
with a format supported by your operating system before you can use them. The
following table defines which format types are supported by several popular
operating systems. Note that FDISK-FAT is the preferred format type. It can be
used with most operating systems using the device drivers and utility programs
that are provided with your computer.
R = Reads
W = Writes
F = Formats
— = Not Supported
1 = Formats FDISK-FAT with OS/2 format utility (PDFORMAT.EXE).
2 = Formats FDISK-FAT with DOS/Windows 3.1 format utility (PDFDISK.EXE).
3 = Formats FDISK-FAT with Windows 95 format utility (PDTOOLS.EXE).
4 = Formats SFD with DOS/Windows 3.1 format utility (PDFORM).
5 = If disk is unformatted or already formatted as SFD, system formats as SFD.
If disk has been previously formatted as FAT, system reformats as FAT.
Format OS/2 DOS/Windows
3.1 Windows
NT Windows 95
NTFS — — R/W/F —
FDISK-FAT R/W/1 R/W/2 R/W/F R/W/3, 5
SFD (DOS/Windows) R/W/F R/W/4 — R/W/5
Chapter 3. Operating Your Personal Computer 53