1 Hardware Overview
1.3
3.5-inch Floppy Disk Drive (USB External)
The 3.5- inch FDD is a thin, high-performance reliable drive that supports 720KB (formatted)
2DD and 1.2 MB or 1.44MB (formatted) 2HD disks.
The FDD is shown in Figure 1-4. The specifications for the FDD are listed in Table 1-1.
Item
Storage capacity (KB) Formatted
Number of heads
Number of cylinders
Recording method
1-10
Figure 1-4 3.5-inch FDD
Table 1-1 3.5-inch FDD specifications
720KB mode
720 (KB)
MFM (Modified Frequency Modulation)
1.3 3.5-inch Floppy Disk Drive
1.2MB mode
1,200 (KB)
2
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PORTEGE M100 Maintenance Manual (960-452)
1.44MB mode
1,440 (KB)