Panasonic CF-72 Series Reference Manual

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36Do not leave a disk in the drive while transporting your computer.Remove the disk by pressing the eject button before your computer is off orenters the standby or hibernation mode, so the head locking mechanism mayengage when the computer is powered off.Consecutive disk access of the SuperDisk drive between 30°C and 35°C {86 °F and95 °F} for 15 minutes or more may damage the data on the disk.Do not remove a disk while accessing data. This may damage data on the disk.(While accessing the disk, the access lamp ( ) lights. Be sure that the accesslamp is turned off when removing a disk.)Never insert foreign objects into the slot of the SuperDisk drive. It may cause amalfunction.Only use labels that come with disks.If dust has accumulated on the head surface, problems may occur when reading orwriting data. In this case, cleaning the head is recommended using a cleaner kit.(SDD HCL produced by Imation)Do not place the AC adaptor to the front of the SuperDisk drive. Magnetic noise maycause an error.Do not disassemble the SuperDisk drive.Do not set [SuperDisk Operation] to [Disable] with the Setup Utility while a disk is inthe SuperDisk drive. The disk will not be able to be removed by pressing the ejectbutton. ( page 70)When the computer is turned on or during a reboot, a sound like the rotating of amotor will be audible several times. This is not a malfunction.During the initial 10 seconds after inserting a SuperDisk or during data access, ashrill noise may be produced. This is not a malfunction.SuperDisk™ DriveThe SuperDisk drive can be used to access both SuperDisks and standard floppy disks.The drive letter is “A”. The SuperDisk drive is called as follows:My Computer, Windows Explorer : 3 1/2 FloppyUsage PrecautionsInstalling/Removing a SuperDisk Drivepage 31It may take about 10 minutes to format the SuperDisk. Because of this, be sure todisable the power saving function beforehand so as not to enter the power saving modewhile formatting the SuperDisk.Formatting the DiskCAUTIONAn error may occur later in the process of formatting a write-protected medium. Toprevent this, be sure to format the medium after confirming beforehand that thewrite-protect state has been changed.DISKCOPY command does not support the SuperDisk.When MS-Backup is executed, the message "No Controller board detected" maybe displayed. When an error message is displayed, click [OK], then continue run-ning the MS-Backup program.