Drives - Sony PCV-J200 - Vaio Desktop Computer System Reference Manual

Drives

Drive
Floppy disk drive
CD-RW/DVD combo drive
CD-RW read
CD-RW write
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CD-R read
††
CD-R write
CD-ROM read
DVD-ROM read
* The CD-RW/CD-R/CD-ROM data transfer standard 1X rate is 150 Kilobytes per second (KBps). The DVD-
ROM data transfer standard 1X rate is 1350 KBps.
† Data on a CD-RW is read at a variable transfer rate, ranging from 6.9X at the innermost track to 16X at
the outermost track. The average data transfer rate is 11.4X (1710 KBps).
‡ Data on a CD-RW is written at a constant rate of 2X and 4X.
** Data on a CD-R is read at a variable transfer rate, ranging from 10.3X at the innermost track to 24X at
the outermost track. The average data transfer rate is 17.1X (2565 KBps).
†† Data on a CD-R is written at a constant transfer rate of 1X, 2X, 4X.
‡‡ Data on a CD-ROM is read at a variable transfer rate, ranging from 10.3X at the innermost track to 24X
at the outermost track. The average data transfer rate is 17.1X (2565 KBps).
***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 average data transfer rate is 3.4X (4590 KBps).
Description
3.5-inch, 1.44 MB.
*
†
16X maximum performance
‡
4X maximum performance
24X maximum performance
4X maximum performance
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24X maximum performance
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4.8X maximum performance
Identifying Components
CD-RW/DVD combo drive
Floppy disk drive
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