Toshiba L30 Laptop User Manual


 
1-4 User’s Manual
Introduction
Disks
Hard disk Disclaimer
1 Gigabyte (GB) means 10
9
= 1,000,000,000
bytes using powers of 10. The computer
operating system, however, reports storage
capacity using powers of 2 for the definition of 1
GB = 2
30
= 1,073,741,824 bytes, and therefore
shows less storage capacity. Available storage
capacity will also be less if the product includes
one or more pre-installed operating systems,
such as Microsoft Operating System and/or pre-
installed software applications, or media content.
Actual formatted capacity may vary.
Hard disk Drive Available in three sizes.
40.0 billion bytes (37.26 GB)
60.0 billion bytes (55.89 GB)
80.0 billion bytes (74.53 GB)
Other hard disk drives may introduced in the
future.
Computers in this series can be configured with a fixed optical media drive.
The available optical media drives are described below.
DVD-ROM & CD-R/
RW Drive
Some models are equipped with a full-size,
DVD-ROM & CD-R/RW drive module that lets
you run CD/DVD's without using an adaptor. It
reads DVD-ROM's at maximum 8 speed and
CD-ROM's at maximum 24 speed. It writes
CD-R's at up to 24 speed and CD-RW's at up to
24 speed. This drive supports the following
formats:
CD-R
CD-RW
DVD-ROM
DVD-Video
CD-DA
CD-Text
Photo CD™ (Single/multi-session)
CD-ROM Mode 1, Mode 2
CD -ROM XA Mode 2 (Form1, Form 2)
Enhanced CD (CD-EXTRA)