Acer Aspire 6200 User Manual

An Introduction to Your Aspire 1514Using Your Floppy DriveFloppy disks are used for putting data into your computer orfor taking it out.1 • Insert the floppy disk into the drive, as shown. (The metalcircle on the disk’s underside should be facing down.)2 • Push it in gently until it pops into place.3 • Remove the floppy disk by pressing the eject button. The advantage of a floppydisk or CD is that it makesdata portable.Practically all newly pur-chased software comes inone of these two formats.Data is often exchangedbetween computers onfloppy disks. Be aware thatthere is an inherent dangerof virus infection in casualswapping or sharing offloppy disks with yourfriends and associates. Files,applications or programsdownloaded from theInternet also carry possibledanger. Refer to My AspireGuide or page 30 for moreinformation.Why Disks?(Or Discs, Forthat Matter...)The CD-ROM DriveThe CD ROM drive uses CDs (Compact Discs) instead of flop-py disks, and it is Read Only Memory, which means that thecomputer can read data from the disc, but cannot write any-thing new on it. It is typically called the D: drive. On somecomputers, the CD-ROM may be another drive letter. Pleaserefer to My Computer for the current drive letter assignmenton your Windows 98 desktop.The DVD-ROM DriveThe DVD-ROM (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video DiscRead Only Memory) is a new type of CD-ROM. It can holdcapacities ranging from 4.7 GB to a maximum if 17 GB, and cansupport access rates from 600 Kilobytes per second to 1.2Megabytes per second. It is backward-compatible with CD-ROMs which means that DVD players can play not only DVD-ROMs, but old CD-ROMs, CD-I disks, video CDs, and CD-Rdisks as well. DVD uses MPEG-2 to compress video data.Note: All of the information you save on your hard drive takes upspace, so you will want to clean it up periodically to maintain the bestperformance.Refer to My Aspire Guide for more information on scanning and ana-lyzing the information on your hard drive.CD-ROM/DVD-ROMDriveFloppy Drive andHard Drive