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User Installable Features

Figure 4-3. Loading/Ejecting a 3.5” Floppy Disk

External Floppy

Disk Drive*

*Optional device

CONNECTING AN OPTIONAL

EXTERNAL FLOPPY DISK DRIVE

Your LifeBook notebook may have an optional external

floppy disk drive which can read and write information

on removable 1.44MB and 720KB floppy disks.

The USB floppy disk drive can be installed while your

system is in a suspended state (“warm” connection),

while the system is running (“hot” connection), or when

the system is off (“cold” connection).

Figure 4-4. USB floppy disk drive cable and connection

Attach the external USB floppy disk drive by inserting

the end of the cable connector into the USB port. See the

figure above.

See your computer’s User’s Guide to determine the loca-

tion of the USB floppy disk drive port.

Your computer will automatically detect the floppy disk

drive and activate it within your system. The drive letters

associated with the floppy disk drive will be created and

listed under My Computer and Windows Explorer.

LOADING A DISK

To load a disk into your disk drive, follow these easy

steps:

1. Orient the disk so that its label is facing upwards

and the shutter side is pointing towards the drive.

(Figure 4-3)

2. Push the disk into the drive until the Eject button

pops out and you hear a click.

EJECTING A DISK

To eject a disk from the disk drive, follow these easy

steps:

1. Check that the Floppy Disk Drive Access indicator

is inactive.

2. Press the Eject button. This will push your disk

partially out of the drive.

3. Remove the disk.

PREPARING A DISK FOR USE

Before you can use a new disk, it needs to be prepared

so your notebook knows where to store information.

This preparation is called formatting or initializing a

disk. You will need to format new disks, unless they are

preformatted. (Please refer to your operating system

manual for step-by-step instructions on formatting a disk)

To prevent accidental erasure of the data stored on a

disk, slide the “write protect” tab until a small hole is

exposed. This sets the disk into a protected state where

nothing can be added or removed. If you want to add or

remove data on a protected disk, slide the “write

protect” tab to close the small hole. (Figure 4-5)

Eject Button

When there is no disk in the drive, the

Eject button is flush with your LifeBook

notebook.

If you eject the disk while the Floppy Disk

Drive Access indicator is active, there is a

risk of damaging the data on the disk, the

disk itself or even the disk drive.

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