INTRODUCTION

User’s Manual

Disks

Hard disk drive

The computer has an integrated, 2 1/2" hard disk drive

 

(HDD) for nonvolatile storage of data and software. It

 

comes in the following sizes.

 

40.0 GB (37.26 billion bytes)

 

60.0 GB (55.89 billion bytes)

 

80.0 GB (74.52 billion bytes)

 

100.0 GB (93.15 billion bytes)

 

120.0 GB (111.78 billion bytes)

Diskette drive

3 1/2" 1.44-megabyte or 720-kilobyte connects to the

 

USB port. (Windows® XP does not support 720-kilo-

 

byte diskettes.)

 

DVD-ROM drive

A full-size, DVD-ROM drive module lets you run either

 

digital versatile or compact disks without using an adap-

 

tor. It runs DVD-ROMs at maximum 8 speed and CD-

 

ROMs at maximum 24 speed. This drive supports the

 

same formats as the CD-ROM drive plus the following:

 

DVD-ROM

DVD-Video

CD-RW/DVD-

Some models are equipped with a full-size, CD-RW/

ROM drive

DVD-ROM drive module that lets you run CD/DVDs

 

without using an adaptor. It reads DVD-ROMs at maxi-

 

mum 8 speed and CD-ROMs at maximum 24 speed. It

 

writes CD-R at up to 24 speed and CD-RW at up to 24

 

speed. See Chapter 4, Operating Basics, for details. For

 

reading, this drive supports the same formats as the

 

DVD-ROM drive.

 

DVD +-R/+-RW

Some models are equipped with a full-size DVD +-R/+-

drive

RW drive module that lets you record data to rewritable

 

CD/DVDs as well as run either 12 cm (4.72") or 8 cm

(3.15") CD/DVDs without using an adaptor. It reads DVD-ROMs at maximum 8 speed and CD-ROMs at maximum 24 speed. It writes CD-R at up to 24 speed, CD-RW at up to 24 speed, DVD-R at up to 8 speed and DVD-RW at maximum 4 speed.

DVD+R at up to 8 speed and DVD+RW at maximum 4 speed. This drive supports the same formats as the DVD-ROM drive.

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