Compact disc and floppy disc compatible drive and a driving method

Abstract

A compact disc and floppy disc compatible driver and a driving method thereof, in which a structure is improved for simultaneously driving a floppy disc and a compact disc including commodities of applying a compact disc such as a CD, CD-ROM and video CD to minimize an installation area, thereby tightly compacting a notebook computer. The driver has a magnetic head reciprocally movable along a first guide rail, a stepping motor fixedly installed to one side of the magnetic head, a turntable of a double loading system with steps rotatably attached to the upper portion of a lower side, a detecting unit installed to both inner sides of the entrance side for receiving the inserted floppy disc or compact disc, a pickup storing an optical head therein coupled to second guide rails, a sled motor fixed by being connected to the optical head for driving the optical head in the radius direction of the compact disc, and a loading mechanism for up/down a tray by two steps.