Connecting peripheral devices

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Removing the floppy disk drive

 

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If the floppy disk drive is not removed properly, your system may crash and you may lose data that you did

 

Notebook

not save before.

 

To remove the floppy disk drive, proceed as follows:

 

 

 

 

1

If your computer is off, you can directly unplug the USB cable from the computer.

 

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2

If your computer is on, wait until the LED indicator turns off and double-click the Safely Remove

 

Hardware icon in the system tray.

 

 

 

 

 

3

Select the floppy disk drive and click Stop.

 

 

4

Click OK.

 

 

5

When you see the message Safe to Remove Hardware, you can unplug the USB cable from the

 

 

computer.

 

 

￿ To carry your floppy disk drive when you have finished using it, fold the floppy disk cable into the compartment on the side of the floppy disk drive.

Connecting a CD-ROM drive

You can connect an i.LINK™ drive to your notebook to use as a CD-ROM drive for reading CD-ROMs, audio- CDs and CD extras. See the section Connecting an external i.LINK™ drive for details.

Connecting a printer

You can connect a Windows-compatible printer to your computer to print documents.

Connecting a printer using the USB connector

You can connect a USB printer compatible with your version of Windows® to your computer.