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Floppy disk drive (fdd) – Toshiba Equium 8100 User Manual

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Getting Started

User's Manual

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Floppy disk drive (FDD)

Floppy disk drive control panel

The Floppy disk drive is shown above.
The floppy disk drive reads both high-density and double-density 3.5-inch
floppy disks (1.44 MB/720 KB).

1. Disk access light

Disk-access light the disk-access light glows while
the floppy disk is being accessed.

To prevent loss of data, while the disk-access light is lit:

Never press the eject button.

Never press the computer’s reset button.

Never turn off the computer.

Never remove the floppy disk.

2. Eject button

Press the eject button to remove a floppy disk. Do
not press the eject button while the Disk access
light is lit.

For information about the safe handling of floppy disks, see Handling
floppy disks.