The System Drives; Using The Floppy Drive - Mitsubishi Electric Apricot LS Owner's Handbook Manual

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Using the floppy disk drive

Inserting a floppy disk

THE SYSTEM DRIVES

This chapter contains simple operating instructions about the drives

that may be currently fitted in your computer.

The floppy disk drive is usually configured in the system BIOS as

drive A:, with a capacity of 1.44 Mbytes.

Floppy disks should be kept away from bright sunlight, dust,

moisture and any strong magnetic fields, e.g. do not place them on

the monitor, printer, or near a telephone. It is common to store them

in a lockable "disk-box", away from the computer itself. Avoid

opening the metal window on the disk as this exposes the magnetic

surface to contamination which could damage the data or cause the

disk to become useless.

1. First test the eject button to ensure there are no disks in the

drive.

2. Insert the disk with the metal window first, with the label side

uppermost into the drive. This will push open the drive door.

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