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Using the Drives
Your computer has three different drives; the internal hard disk drive, the CD-ROM
drive module, and the floppy disk drive module. The CD-ROM and floppy disk
drive modules can be installed in the drive bay on the right side of the computer. If
you want to use the CD-ROM and the floppy disk drive at the same time, you can
install the CD-ROM drive in the drive bay, and use the floppy disk drive as an
external component connected to your computer through the parallel/FDD port on
the back of the computer. The floppy disk drive has an optional box that protects the
drive when it is used externally.
Drive Properties
You can learn about the properties of the drives by double-clicking the
My Computer
icon on the Windows desktop. In the
My Computer
window, right click on any of the
drives and select
Properties
from the drop down menu to display the capacity of the
drive, and other information.
Hard disk drive
Your computer has a high-capacity hard disk drive installed internally. Your
computer identifies the hard disk drive as drive C:. The hard disk is pre-installed
with the Windows 98 operating system and the software and drivers required to run
all the components of your computer.
When you install software applications and use them to create files and documents,
you store them in folders on the hard disk drive. You can use Windows
Explorer
to
create new folders and sub-folders and navigate and maintain the folders and files
that are stored on the hard disk.
If your hard disk drive ever gets corrupted, you can use the Recovery CD to recreate
the state of the hard disk drive when it was first shipped. However, you will lose any
files that you have subsequently created unless you have backed them up to another
storage device.
For information on using the Recovery CD see
Using the Recovery
CD
in
Chapter
6
.
