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Figure 4-2 Loading/Ejecting a 3.5” Floppy Disk
Floppy Disk Drive
Depending upon its configuration, your Fujitsu Life-
Book notebook has either an external USB floppy disk
drive or a modular floppy disk drive with the ability to
read and write information on removable 3.5" 1.44MB
and 720KB floppy disks.
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 4-2)
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 LifeBook notebook knows where to store infor-
mation. This preparation is called formatting or initial-
izing 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 4-3)
Figure 4-3 Floppy Disk Write Protect
Eject Button
P O I N T
The system BIOS automatically defaults to recognize a
USB floppy disk drive. If you install a modular floppy
disk drive, you will need to change the BIOS settings to
recognize it.
(See BIOS Setup Utility on page 35 for
more information)
P O I N T
When there is no disk in the drive, the Eject button is
flush with your LifeBook notebook.
C A U T I O N
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.
C A U T I O N
Formatting a floppy disk that already contains data will
erase all of the information on the disk.
Write Protected
Write Enabled
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Summary of Contents for LIFEBOOK E Series
Page 8: ...L i f e B o o k E S e r i e s ...
Page 9: ...1 1 Preface ...
Page 10: ...2 L i f e B o o k E S e r i e s S e c t i o n 1 ...
Page 12: ...L i f e B o o k E S e r i e s S e c t i o n 1 4 ...
Page 13: ...5 2 Getting to Know Your LifeBook Notebook ...
Page 14: ...6 L i f e B o o k E S e r i e s S e c t i o n 2 ...
Page 38: ...30 L i f e B o o k E S e r i e s S e c t i o n 2 ...
Page 39: ...31 3 Getting Started ...
Page 40: ...32 L i f e B o o k E S e r i e s S e c t i o n 3 ...
Page 49: ...41 4 User Installable Features ...
Page 50: ...42 L i f e B o o k E S e r i e s S e c t i o n 4 ...
Page 65: ...57 5 Troubleshooting ...
Page 66: ...58 L i f e B o o k E S e r i e s S e c t i o n 5 ...
Page 79: ...71 6 Care and Maintenance ...
Page 80: ...72 L i f e B o o k E S e r i e s S e c t i o n 6 ...
Page 84: ...76 L i f e B o o k E S e r i e s S e c t i o n 6 ...
Page 85: ...77 7 Specifications ...
Page 86: ...78 L i f e B o o k E S e r i e s S e c t i o n 7 ...
Page 93: ...85 8 Glossary ...
Page 94: ...86 L i f e B o o k E S e r i e s S e c t i o n 8 ...
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Page 101: ...93 Index ...
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