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A floppy disk is a storage medium used to save programs and other information.
This section explains how to handle floppy disks, including inserting a floppy disk into the drive and
removing it.
■ Handling precautions
To protect floppy disks and the drive, observe the following don'ts:
- Do not splash any liquid such as coffee over a floppy disk.
- Do not open a floppy disk shutter and touch the disk inside.
- Do not bend a floppy disk or stack heavy objects on it.
- Do not bring anything magnetic, such as a magnet, close to a floppy disk.
- Do not drop a floppy disk onto a hard floor or other hard surface.
- Do not store floppy disks in an area subjected to high or low temperatures.
- Do not store floppy disks in a damp or dusty area.
- Do not overlay labels one on another on a floppy disk, as it may get stuck in the drive slot.
- Do not let dew form on a floppy disk or allow any other sort of liquid to come into contact with it.
■ Inserting and removing a floppy disk
● Inserting a floppy disk
1
Keep the label side of a floppy disk upward, and
insert the floppy disk into the slot of the drive with
the floppy disk shutter side first.
The floppy disk eject button clicks and sticks out.
● Taking out a floppy disk
1
Make sure that the floppy disk access indicator lamp
is off.
Note the following
Do not take out a floppy disk from the drive when its floppy disk access indicator lamp is on.
If this is done, data on the disk may be damaged.
2
Press the floppy disk eject button.
The floppy disk is ejected.
4 Floppy Disk
Floppy disk
eject button
Label
Shutter
Floppy disk access
indicator lamp
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