Hardware and Software Guide
5–1
5
Drives
Drive Care
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CAUTION:
To prevent damage to the notebook or a drive and loss
of work:
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Handle a drive carefully. Do not drop it.
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Avoid exposing a hard drive to devices with magnetic fields.
Products with magnetic fields include video and audio tape erasure
products, monitors, and speakers. Security devices with magnetic
fields include airport walk-through devices and security wands. The
airport security devices that check carry-on luggage, usually while it
is placed on a conveyor belt, use x-rays instead of magnetism and
will not damage a hard drive.
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Do not spray a drive with cleaning fluids.
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Avoid exposing a drive to liquids or temperature extremes.
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If you mail a drive, ship it in packaging that protects it from shock,
vibration, extreme temperatures, and high humidity. Label the
package “FRAGILE.”
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CAUTION:
To reduce the risk of data loss, initiate standby before you
move the notebook from one location to another. To initiate standby, press
the
fn+f5
hotkey or:
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In Windows XP Home, select
Start > Turn Off Computer >
Standby By.
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In Windows XP Professional, select
Start > Turn Off Computer >
Stand by > OK.
For more information about standby, refer to
“Standby and
Hibernation”
in
Chapter 2, “Power.”
