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C H A P T E R 3
Learning the Basics
T
his chapter describes how to operate the standard disk drives of your computer. If
you are new to computers and to your operating system, you also need to read the
manual for the operating system on how to work with your computer. It is very impor-
tant to familiarize yourself well with the operating system. The succeeding chapters lets
you know how to go beyond the basics and try other exciting features.
Contents
Starting Your Operating System / 34
Using the External Floppy Disk Drive / 34
Working with the Built-in Hard Drive / 35
How to Access the CD-ROM Drive / 35
Using the Built-in Modem / 37
Using the Built-in LAN / 39
If you are installing under
Windows 2000
E:\815\Win2K\ModemDrv\Setup.exe
2.8
Turning Off Your Computer
Before turning off the power, you need to close first all application programs and shutdown
the operating system.
If the operating system can't shut down properly press the power bottom for five seconds to
hardware shut down.
Do this only if you can't shut down properly, otherwise some data may be lost.