1-6 Using Your Computer
A green lamp indicates that the system is in a Full Power
On mode of operation. An amber lamp indicates that the
system is in Suspend mode with full power reduction.
See “Power Management” later in this chapter for
information about power saving modes of operation.
■ The disk lamp (green) indicates when a hard disk is
performing a read or write operation.
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CAUTION: Do not turn off the system,
unless absolutely necessary, while the disk lamp is
lit. To do so can damage your hard disk or data.
Diskette Drive
Your system comes with a 3 1/2-inch 1.44-MB diskette
drive — which is assigned as drive A.
Diskette drive A is your primary “bootable” drive. Use this
drive if you need to load and start programs from a diskette.
Diskette drive features include a release button and a drive
busy lamp.
■ The diskette release button lets you release an inserted
diskette from the drive. Press this button to release
a diskette.
■ The diskette drive busy lamp lights when the drive is
reading from or writing to a diskette.
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