Toshiba A40 Series manual Using optical media drives, Disconnecting 3 1/2 diskette drive

Using optical media drives

Disconnecting 3 1/2" diskette drive

When you have finished using the diskette drive, follow the procedures below to disconnect it:

1.Wait for the indicator light to go out to make sure all diskette activity has stopped.

CAUTION: If you disconnect the diskette drive or turn off the power while the computer is accessing the drive you may lose data or damage the diskette or the drive.

2.Click the Safety Remove Hardware icon on the Task Bar.

3.ClickDiskettedrive.

4.Pull the diskette drive connector out of the USB port.

Using optical media drives

The illustrations in this section might differ slightly from your drive, but operation is the same for all optical media drives. The full-size drive provides high-performance execution of CD/DVD-ROM-based programs. You can run either 12 cm (4.72") or

8 cm (3.15") CD/DVDs without an adaptor. An ATAPI interface controller is used for CD/DVD-ROM operation. When the computer is accessing a CD/DVD, an indicator on the drive glows.

NOTE: Use the WinDVD 4 application to view DVD-Video discs.

If you have a CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive, refer also to the Writing CDs on CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive section for precautions on writing to CDs.

If you have a DVD Multi drive, refer also to the Writing CD/DVDs on DVD Multi drive section for precautions on writing to CDs.

If you have a DVD-R/-RW, refer also to the Writing CD/DVDs on DVD-R/-RW drive section for precautions on writing to CDs.

If you have a DVD±RW drive, refer also to the Writing CD/DVDs on DVD±RWdrive section for precautions on writing to CDs.

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