IBM Aptiva E2270, User Manual

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Chapter 3. Operating and caring for your computer 13
• Keep diskettes away from magnets or devices that create a strong magnetic
field, such as electric motors and generators. Diskettes are sensitive to
magnets found in television sets, telephones, stereo speakers, and other such
items. A magnetic field can erase the data on your diskettes. Do not set
diskettes on the monitor or use magnets to attach notes to your computer.
• Do not store diskettes at high temperatures, low temperatures, or in direct
sunlight. Temperatures ranging from 4° to 53°C (39° to 127°F) are
acceptable for 3.5-inch diskettes. Keep diskettes away from heat. The plastic
outer covering might warp, damaging the diskette.
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.
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. For this reason, it is a good
idea to 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.
• To allow writing to the diskette, slide the switch so the write-protect window
is covered.
Write-protect
switch