Dell Latitude L400 - Manual (Page 29)

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Diskette Drive: Dell™ Latitude™ L400 User's Guide
Your computer was shipped with a 3.5-inch diskette drive installed in the external media bay. For more information on using and installing devices
in the external media bay, see "
External Media Bay ."
The diskette drive lets you install programs and transfer data using 3.5-inch diskettes.
To use the diskette drive, insert a 3.5-inch diskette into the drive (label side up and metal end first). Push the diskette into the drive until the eject
button extends outside the drive casing.
NOTICE: Do not travel with a diskette in the diskette drive. Doing so could break the eject button and damage the drive.
To remove a diskette from the drive, press the eject button to release the diskette, and then pull the diskette out of the drive.
When data is being accessed from the diskette drive, the drive access indicator blinks.
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NOTES: As an alternative diskette drive configuration, you can connect the diskette drive to the parallel connector on the back of the
computer using an optional cable available from Dell.
If you are running Softex BayManager under the Microsoft® Windows® 98, Windows NT®, or Windows Me operating system, you can
use BayManager to connect the diskette drive to the computer or to the L400 Advanced Port Replicator (if the computer is docked)
without having to reboot the computer before you can use the drive. (Windows 2000 supports device swapping, which allows you to
remove and replace drives without shutting down the computer.)