Sharp PCMM20 User Guide - Page 63

Formatting Floppy Disk, Removing Optional External Floppy Disk Drive Unit

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Formatting Floppy Disk 1. Make sure the floppy disk is not write-protected, and insert it into the floppy disk drive. 2. Click start - My Computer. 3. Right-click 3 ½ Floppy (A:) icon; then, click Format... from the pop-up menu. 4. Select the appropriate formatting options. 5. Click Start to start formatting. • When you format a floppy disk that already contains data, all of the data stored on the disk will be lost. • You cannot format a double-density (2DD) 720KB floppy disk. Removing Optional External Floppy Disk Drive Unit To remove the unit, you need to perform the following steps before you remove it: 4 1. Click Safely Remove Hardware icon ( ) on the taskbar. 2. Click Safely remove Mitsumi USB Floppy - Drive(A:); then, Safe To Remove Hardware dialog appears. 3. Remove the unit from your computer. 4-5

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Formatting Floppy Disk
1.
Make sure the floppy disk is not write-protected, and insert it into the floppy disk
drive.
2.
Click
start - My Computer
.
3.
Right-click
3 ½ Floppy (A:)
icon; then, click
Format…
from the pop-up menu.
4.
Select the appropriate formatting options.
5.
Click
Start
to start formatting.
When you format a floppy disk that already contains data, all of the
data stored on the disk will be lost.
You cannot format a double-density (2DD) 720KB floppy disk.
Removing Optional External Floppy Disk Drive Unit
To remove the unit, you need to perform the following steps before you remove it:
1.
Click
Safely Remove Hardware
icon (
) on the taskbar.
2.
Click
Safely remove Mitsumi USB Floppy – Drive(A:)
; then,
Safe To Remove
Hardware
dialog appears.
3.
Remove the unit from your computer.