Drives
Drives
Computers come with at least one hard disk drive and one floppy disk drive. Some have a CD drive or a CD/DVD drive as well.
Floppy
disk drive
This drive hold
3.5 floppy disks.
The disk removal button that is beside the drive door lets you know when a disk
is in the drive. When the drive has a disk in it, the button sticks out. When it
is empty, the button does not stick out. Push the button to remove the disk.
This drive is usually called the A drive.
Hard
disk drive
This drive does
not have drive doors. The hard drive is inside the computer
case. It is usually called the C drive.
CD/DVD
drive
This drive can
hold a CD disk
or a DVD disk.
Push the button on the CD tray to open it. Place the
disk on the tray. Gently push the tray to close it. This drive is usually called
the D drive.
Practice
inserting and removing disks from the A drive and the D drive. Watch the status
lights on the drives. Do not remove the disk while the status lights are on
because the drive is being accessed.
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