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|floppy_and_cdrom_drives| Floppy & CD-ROM drives
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The **Floppy & CD-ROM drives** page contains settings related to the emulated machine's base removable storage drives.
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Floppy drives
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Up to four floppy disk drives can be attached to the emulated machine, although not all machines provide BIOS support for more than two drives. The following settings apply to the selected drive:
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* **Type:** floppy drive to emulate. Some types have special properties and should only be used in very specific applications:
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* **5.25" 1.2M 300/360 RPM** and **3.5" 1.44M 300/360 RPM**: "3-mode" drives, which are capable of reading 360K 5.25" or NEC PC-98 3.5" disks if the emulated machine's BIOS supports 3-mode operation.
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* **3.5" 1.44M PC-98:** NEC PC-98 drive, which is 3-mode and inverts the polarity of the Density Select pin.
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* The special **PS/2** drive types have been removed, as the required inversion of the Density Select pin is now performed automatically on IBM PS/2 machines.
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* **Turbo timings:** run the drive mechanism as fast as possible. This decreases access times and makes some incorrectly-dumped floppies readable, but may cause issues with some operating systems and applications.
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* **Check BPB:** if unchecked, 86Box will ignore the `DOS BIOS Parameter Block <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS_parameter_block>`_ when determining the physical media format for a floppy image on this drive. See :ref:`hardware/diskimages:Floppy disk detection` for more details.
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* **Audio:** emulate the mechanical sounds of a real floppy drive. A list of drive models to choose from is provided; the *None* option disables these sounds.
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.. note::
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* Disabling *Check BPB* may be required in order to access UNIX/Linux installation floppies or other non-DOS disks, as outlined on :ref:`hardware/diskimages:Floppy disk detection`.
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* The *Audio* option is only available if the :ref:`asset pack <usage/roms:Asset pack>` is installed.
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Floppy disk images can be inserted and removed through the :ref:`status bar <usage/statusbar:|floppy_35| |floppy_525| Floppy drives>` or :ref:`Media menu <usage/menubar:Media>`.
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CD-ROM drives
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Up to eight CD-ROM / DVD-ROM optical disc drives can be attached to the emulated machine. The following settings apply to the selected drive:
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* **Bus:** storage bus to attach the drive to. :ref:`ATAPI (IDE) <settings/storage:Hard disk>`, :ref:`settings/storage:SCSI` and :ref:`Panasonic/MKE <settings/storage:CD-ROM Controller>` interfaces are supported.
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* **Channel**/**ID:** where to attach the drive on the selected storage bus. See :ref:`settings/hdd:Adding a new disk` for more information.
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* **Speed:** maximum transfer speed for the drive. Up to 72x is supported.
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* **Type:** CD-ROM drive model to identify as. A list of drive models to choose from is provided.
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.. note::
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* Only models with DVD support are able to read DVDs, unlike in previous 86Box versions.
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* Some emulated machines have manufacturer restore discs locked to a specific drive model.
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* The **86Box 86B_CD 1.00** model emulates early versions of the ATAPI and SCSI standards as required by older drivers.
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CD-ROM / DVD-ROM disc images or host drives can be inserted and removed through the :ref:`status bar <usage/statusbar:|cdrom| CD-ROM drives>` or :ref:`Media menu <usage/menubar:Media>`.
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