PD650 Technology and Rewritable Optical Disks

Changing the way you work.

PD drives are like two drives in one. You can read and write to rewritable optical disk, and read CDs of all kinds: CD-ROMs, music CDs, Photo CDs, CD-Recordables, and CD-Enhanced (CD+) formats.

• Imation exclusive Macintosh™ and DOS formatted.
• Rewritable unlike CDs and CD-Rs.
• Holds up to 650 MB of data.
• Average data transfer rate of 875 KB per second, ideal for many applications--from playing back multimedia to backing up files.

3.5" Rewritable Optical Disks

Optical disks offer capacities and access times comparable with fixed media storage devices such as hard drives, plus:

• Availability in an exclusive interlocking cartridge sleeve.
• Preformatting--available in DOS and Macintosh™ for your convenience.
• Longevity--high-capacity optical disks for archival life expectancies of up to 150 years.
• Portability--archive and transport large data files.
• Engineering--for reliability and durability.
• Compatibility with all industry-standard 3.5" optical drives.
• Lifetime-of-the-product warranty.
• New Imation optical packaging

5.25" Rewritable Optical Disks

• Available in exclusive interlocking cartridge sleeve.
• Available in convenient 16-disk jukebox packs.
• Preformatted in DOS, Macintosh and Scitex and ready to use right from the box.
• A time saver with up to 2.6 GB of storage capacity--store larger files and switch disks less often.
• Lifetime-of-the-product warranty.
• New Imation packaging

CD Recordable Optical Discs

• Hardcoat surface for double protection of your data.
• High-speed recording and playback when used with 4x high-speed drives.
• Records up to 650 MB of information when used with a CD-recordable drive.
• New Imation packaging

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