Panasonic CF-E1M - Manual (Page 6)

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Saving Data on the Hard Disk
Do not expose your computer to shock.
Use care when handling your computer, shock may damage your hard disk or make your
software applications and data unusable.
Do not power off your computer while software applications are running or HDD
indicator (^) is on.
Properly shut Windows down to avoid problems ([Start] - [Shut Down] ).
Save all valuable data to floppy disks.
Backing up data to floppy disks will limit damage should trouble occur to your computer or
should you inadvertently change or erase data.
Use the security function for all important data. (O’ page 50)
Saving Data on Floppy Disks
Do not pow er off your computer or press the floppy disk drive eject button while the
indicator is on.
Doing so may damage the data on the floppy disk and render the disk useless.
Use care when handling floppy disks.
To protect the data on your floppy disks or to prevent a floppy disk from becoming stuck in
your computer, avoid the following:
• Sliding the shutter on the floppy disk manually.
• Exposing the disk to a magnetic field.
• Storing the disk in locations prone to high temperatures, low pitched noise, dampness, or dust.
• Applying more than one label on the disk.
Confirm the contents of a floppy disk before formatting it.
Confirm that no important data is on the disk, because all data on the disk will be erased.
Use the write-protect tab.
Write-protect Tab ^ This is a must for preserving im­
portant data. This prevents your
data from being erased or overwrit­
ten. Write Enable Write Disable
Computer Viruses
• Users are advised to purchase the latest versions of virus protection software and use
them regularly.
We recommend you run the software:
• When booting your computer.
• After receiving data.
We recommend that you check data received on floppy disks or from external sources,
such as data downloaded from the Internet, e-mail, etc, (For compressed files, please
uncompress them before running a check).
Restrictions when starting a program in the MS-DOS mode
The MS-DOS mode has the following restrictions.
• The floppy disk drive cannot be used.
• The system may freeze when a large amount of characters are input from the keyboard at
one time.