Working with floppy disks, Settings in bios setup – Fujitsu Siemens Computers X103 SFF User Manual

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Operation

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Working with floppy disks

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Follow the instructions supplied by the vendor of the floppy disks.
Do not clean the floppy disk drive with cleaning floppy disks. Any attempt would destroy
the read/write head in the disk drive within 20 seconds.

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1 = Insertion direction
2 = Label area
3 = Write protection tab for a 1.44 Mbyte floppy disk
4 = Identification of a 1.44 MB floppy disk or write protect switch on a 120 MB floppy disk
5 = Eject button for inserted floppy disks
6 = Disk is write-protected
7 = Disk is not write-protected

To insert a diskette

Push the floppy disk into the drive in the insertion direction (1) until it engages. The label should
be facing upward.

To remove a diskette

Push the eject button (5).

Protect the floppy disk against being overwritten or erased

Slide the write-protect slider into position (6). The hole is now visible.

Deactivate write protection

Slide the write-protect slider into position (7). The hole is now covered.

Settings in BIOS Setup

In BIOS Setup you can set the system functions and the hardware configuration of the device. When
the PC is delivered, the default entries are valid (see "BIOS Setup" manual or manual for the
mainboard). You may customise these settings to your requirements in the BIOS Setup.

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