Apple profile - Turning On Your ProFile Drive; Turning Off Your ProFile Drive; Checking ProFile Drive Operation

Turning
On Your
ProFile
'1.
Reach
around to the back
of the ProFile
and turn
on the
power
switch. After
your
ProFile
comes
up to operating
speed and
completes its internal
test
sequence, the READY
light remains
on
continuously
to indicate
that
your
ProFile is
ready for
operation.
In
addition lo indicating
lhat lhe drive is
ready by
remaining
on
conlinuously, the BEADY indicator
also
shows aclivily
by
llashing
rapidly
whenever
the drive
communrcales with the
comouter.
Turning
Off Your ProFile
As
a
general
rule,
you
should keep
your
ProFrle on
continuously unless
there are
long
periods
of time in which you
do
not intend
to
use
it.
When
you
do
turn
off
your
ProFile,
observe the following
precautions.
o
Do
nol turn
off
your
ProFile while
it is
active
(HEADY
tight
flashing).
lf
you
do, lhe read/write
heads will return
to therr
home
position
outside
of
the
data
area, but data will
be
lost if
a
write
operation is in
progress.
.
When the ProFile
is
no longer
aclive, make
sure thal the
READY light
remains
on continuously
for
at
least
4 seconds
belore
you
turn
off
power.
Checking Out Your
ProFile
Included in
your
ProFile
accessory kit is
a special diskette
called
"Utilitìes
Loader".
This
diskette will
allow
you
to
copy the Apple lll
System Utilities
directly onto
your
ProFile.
Once
you
have
copied this
information,
you
can access it
by
starting up
your
computer with
lhe
"ProFile
Driver
and System
Utilities Software"
diskette
that also comes
in
your
ProFile accessory
kit.
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