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IRECTION 2392751-100, REVISION 3VIVID™ 4 SERVICE MANUAL
Chapter 5 - Components and Function (Theory) 5-39
5-5-10 Floppy Drive
The Floppy Drive supports basic data retrieval from the Vivid™ 4 ultrasound unit, such as log files,
export to Microsoft Excel, small image files and other service utility operations. The floppy drive is
controlled by the CPU via signals from the IDE Bus. The floppy drive can support media format not
larger than 1.44 MB size 3.5 in.
5-5-11 Hard Disk
The Hard Disk is the main storage device of the Vivid™ 4 ultrasound unit. The Hard Disk is controlled
by the CPU via signals from the IDE Bus.The Hard Disk is partitioned into four drives, each of which is
designated for different operations, as follows:
• C: Drive: Execution of the operating system and the software application, and factory presets. The
partition size must be 2Gbyte.
• D: Drive: User presets and data. The partition size must be at least 2 Gbyte.
• E: Drive: Archiving of all images and reports. The partition size is at least 15.5Gbyte, but this will
depend upon the size of the hard disk (and the space available in addition to that obligatory required
for allocation to drives C, D, and F).
• F: Drive: Swap file partition for future usage. The partition size must be at least 1 Gbyte.
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