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==Overview==
MD Data disks can be fully read-only, fully rewritable, or be a hybrid of the two, with a portion of a disk being read-only and while another is rewritable.

With 140 MB disks, MD Data offered about 100 times as much storage capacity as ordinary diskettes, and more than its competitors like the Zip (100 MB), SuperDisk (120 MB), and EZ 135 (135 MB), in a physically smaller medium.

The format was featured in products such as still cameras, a PDA, document scanners, and image storage and editing systems.

Another use was in 4- and 8-track [[multitrack recording]] decks. Meant as a step up from the popular 4-track cassette-based studios, these recorders enjoyed a brief prominence before they were replaced by relatively affordable and far more flexible direct-to-hard drive recording on [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] and [[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]] based computers. Some examples of products that used the format are a few multitrack "[[portastudio]]"-style audio recorders such as Sony's MDM-X4 and [[Tascam]]'s 564.

Sony's MDH-10 MD Data disk drive, meant for use with Windows and Mac PCs, could also play back audio MiniDiscs.  However, the drive was expensive compared to the Zip drive and others.