Identifying Components
Drives
DVD-ROM disc drive | Floppy disk drive |
Drive | Description |
Diskette drive | 3.5-inch, 1.44 Mbyte. |
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DVD-ROM drive* | DVD-ROM disc read: 4.8X (maximum performance). |
| CD-ROM disc read: 24X (maximum performance). |
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*Data on a DVD-ROM is read at a variable transfer rate, ranging from 2X at the innermost track to 4.8X at the outermost track (the data transfer standard 1X rate is 1385 kbytes/s). The average data transfer rate is 3.6X (4986 kbytes/s). Data on a CD-ROM is read at a variable transfer rate, ranging from 10.5X at the innermost track to 24X at the outermost track (the data transfer standard 1X rate is 150 kbytes/s). The average data transfer is 18X (2700 kbytes/s).
