On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:16:47 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:

A floppy drive with a belt, and in a laptop? I haven't seen anything
but direct drive motors in floppy drives, since the 360K full height
5.25" drives went away. Who made the drive, and what is the model
number?

My AcerNote Lite laptops use external floppy drives which have a belt drive.

I suspect it is done to achieve a low profile (although why a low profile
matters on an external drive is a mystery).