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Operating the Floppy Drive

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Using Your 3.5-Inch Floppy Disk Drive Operating the Floppy Drive Figure 3-1 Operating the Floppy Drive This section describes how to perform tasks with your 3.5-inch floppy disk drive. Floppy Disk Drive The floppy disk drive is a random access read/write mass storage device that uses removable floppy diskettes. The drive supports the 1.44 Mbyte High Density standard. You can access information from the drive like any other disk drive, that is you can write information to it and read information from it. Controls and Features Figure 3-1 and Table 3-1 describe the operating controls and features of the floppy disk drive. Floppy Disk Drive Controls and Features Table 3-1 Busy Indicator Eject Button Floppy Disk Drive Operating Controls and Features Control/Feature Busy Indicator Eject Button Purpose The Busy Indicator illuminates during a data access operation and blinks during a data transfer. The Eject Button, when pressed, ejects the floppy diskette from the floppy disk drive. Chapter 3 61

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Using Your 3.5-Inch Floppy Disk Drive
Operating the Floppy Drive
Operating the Floppy Drive
This section describes how to perform tasks with your 3.5-inch floppy
disk drive.
Floppy Disk Drive
The floppy disk drive is a random access read/write mass storage device
that uses removable floppy diskettes. The drive supports the 1.44 Mbyte
High Density standard. You can access information from the drive like
any other disk drive, that is you can write information to it and read
information from it.
Controls and Features
Figure 3-1 and Table 3-1 describe the operating controls and features of
the floppy disk drive.
Figure 3-1
Floppy Disk Drive Controls and Features
Table 3-1
Floppy Disk Drive Operating Controls and Features
Control/Feature
Purpose
Busy Indicator
The Busy Indicator illuminates during a data
access operation and blinks during a data
transfer.
Eject Button
The Eject Button, when pressed, ejects the
floppy diskette from the floppy disk drive.
Eject Button
Busy Indicator