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Safety Handling Components Aid Appendix
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The hard drive is the main storage medium combining large stor-
age capacity and rapid data access.
You have acquired an OEM version of the Microsoft Windows
®
operation system, which will support all the performance features
of the Notebook completely, with your Notebook.
We have already configured the hard drive of your Notebook so
that you will usually be able to work with it optimally, without
having to install any software yourself.
The Windows
®
operating system cannot use the full capacity of
the hard drive, which means that there will be a difference be-
tween the capacity that the BIOS displays and what the operating
system displays.
The hard drive contains the operating system of the computer, other
application programs and backup files. These programs and files are
pre-installed on your Notebook, so you may note that some of the
space on your hard drive is already taken.
Whenever the computer is accessing the hard disk, the corre-
sponding LED
illuminates (see page 15.)
 Never switch off the computer while the busy indi-
cator is lit since this may result in loss of data.
If you are looking for a file on the hard drive and you know the
name, go to Search on the Start menu to find the file. Following is
some general information on where you might find some common
files.
Usually your hard drive is divided into several partitions, as shown
below. The partitions of your hard drive may vary from what is
shown here.
Local Disk C: Windows XP
Software programs
Your documents
BOOT D: Drivers for internal PC components
Installation files for software that came with
your PC
Recover E: Restore software
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