IBM Aptiva 2198, Reference Manual

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Inserting and removing diskettes
To insert a 3.5-inch diskette, hold the diskette with the label facing up, and
insert the end with the protective slide first. Push the diskette into the
diskette drive until the diskette clicks into place.
Diskette-drive
in-use light
Diskette
eject button
To remove the diskette, press the eject button and slide the diskette out of
the drive. Do not remove the diskette while the in-use light is on.
Write-protecting diskettes
It is possible to accidentally format a diskette or unintentionally write data to
it. Important information can be written over or lost. To prevent accidental
data loss, you can write-protect important diskettes. You can read data from
a write-protected diskette, but you cannot erase or change the data.
Most 3.5-inch diskettes have a write-protect switch that can be used to
prevent data from being written to or erased from the diskette. If a 3.5-inch
diskette does not have a write-protect switch, it is permanently
write-protected.
The write-protect switch is located on the back of 3.5-inch diskettes.
Write-protect
switch
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