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Chapter 5
Disks and Disk Drives
Your T2150CD series computer has a number of data storage features. This chapter
introduces the computer’s data storage devices and describes how to use them.
Types of Disk Drives
The following data storage devices are available:
Hard disk drive An internal 2 1/2”, 520 million byte (500MB) hard
disk drive (HDD) provides nonvolatile storage for
data and software.
CD-ROM drive A double-speed internal CD-ROM drive lets you
run 12 cm and 8 cm CD-ROMs.
It supports the following formats:
Audio CD
Photo CD
ISO 9660
3 1/2” external diskette drive The external 3 1/2” diskette drive stores 1.44MB of
data on a diskette. It can also read and write
diskettes formatted to store only 720KB.
RAMDRIVE The T2150CD series computers support
RAMDRIVE, a type of RAM Disk. For more
information about RAMDRIVE, refer to Chapter 9,
Memory.
Hard Disk Drive
The internal 2 1/2” hard disk provides high-speed, long-term storage for programs and data.
The computer’s internal hard disk combines high storage capacity with very rapid access to
your data. You cannot write protect the hard disk.
You can allocate separate areas of the HDD to different operating systems. The HDD can
support up to four different operating systems.