Toshiba Equium A100 (PSAA4) - Manual (Page 59)

User’s Manual 4-2
Operating Basics
Touch Pad and Touch Pad control buttons
Connecting 3 1/2" diskette drive
To connect the drive, plug the diskette drive connector into a USB port.
Refer to the figure below.
Connecting the USB diskette drive
Touch Pad
Touch Pad Control
Buttons
Make sure the connector is right side up and properly aligned with the
socket. Do not try to force the connection, doing so can damage the
connecting pins.
If you connect the diskette drive after turning on the computer, it will take
about 10 seconds for the computer to recognize the drive. Do not
disconnect and reconnect before 10 seconds has elapsed.