1.4 Removable Drives 1 Hardware Overview
1.4 Removable Drives
The module compartments can accommodate the following removable modules:
• Battery pack
• Secondary hard disk drive
• TV tuner
• Floppy disk drive
• DVD-R/-RW drive
• DVD-ROM drive
• DVD multi-drive drive
• Combo drive
1.4.1 3.5-inch Floppy Disk Drive
The 3.5-inch FDD is a thin, high-performance reliable drive that supports 720KB (formatted)
2DD and 1.44MB (formatted) 2HD disks. The specifications for the FDD are listed in the
table below.
Item 2MB mode 1MB mode
Storage capacity (KB)
Unformatted
Formatted
2,000
1,440
1,000
720
Number of heads 2 2
Number of cylinders 80 80
Recording method Modified Frequency Modulation (MFM)
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