Sony Notebook User Guide
Getting help
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The disc tray ejects even when it has been locked into place
❑ Ensure that the disc is placed with the label side facing up.
❑ The disc may be scratched. Place another disc to see if that is the reason.
❑ There may be condensation in the drive. Remove the disc and leave the drive open for approximately
one hour.
My floppy disk drive cannot write to a diskette
❑ The diskette is write-protected. Disable the write-protect feature or use a diskette that is not write-
protected.
❑ Check that the diskette is properly inserted into the floppy disk drive.
❑ Your diskette may be corrupt. Try to insert another diskette.
The optional PCGA-UFD5 (USB) floppy disk drive is not recognised as drive A
To set the UFD5 to A, proceed as follows :
1 Turn the system power on.
2 Connect the UFD5.
3 Click Start, point to Settings (Windows
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2000 Professional) and click Control Panel.
4 Double-click the System icon. On the Hardware tab, click the Device Manager button.
5 Select Universal Serial Bus controllers, then Y-E Data USB Floppy.
6 From the Action menu, click Uninstall.
7 Keep clicking OK until the Confirmation of deletion of device message appears.
8 Select Scan for hardware changes from the Action menu.
The UFD5 is recognised as drive A.