CompTIA A+ Tutorial on Storage Devices, Floppy Drives and Hard Drives

<h1>CompTIA A+ Tutorial on Storage Devices, Floppy Drives and Hard Drives</h1>Author: <a title="M. Aslam" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/m.-aslam/50858.htm">M. Aslam</a> A storage drive reads or saves info to magnetic or visual storage media. It can be used to storage data permanently or to retrieve info from a media disk. Storage drives can be set up inside the computer case, such as a hard drive. For portability, some store drives can connect to the computer using a USB port, a FireWire port, or a SCSI port. These movable store drives are sometimes called removable drives and can be used on multiple computers.  Below are common types of storage drives: Floppy drive Hard drive Optical drive Flash drive Network drive Floppy Drives The floppy drive can be applied to boot the computer if it holds a bootable floppy disk. A 5.25-inch floppy drive is older technology and is rarely used. The floppy drive is slowly being replaced by cheaper, faster, and larger-capacity storage such as writable CDs, DVDs, and flash drive media. Hard Drives A hard drive, or hard-disk drive, is a magnetic store device that is installed within the computer. The hard drive is used as permanent storage for information. In a computer, the hard drive is normally arranged as the C: drive and takes the operating system and applications. The hard drive is usually configured as the start drive in the boot sequence. The storage capacity of a hard drive is measured in billions of bytes, or gigabytes (GB). The speed of a hard drive is valued in revolutions per minute (rpm). Network Drive A network drive is a link to a remote computer’s store for access to files and directories.About the Author: Free <a target="_new" href="http://www.freetechexams.com"> A+ Practice Exams </a> , <a target="_new" href="http://www.freetechexams.com"> A+ Practice Tests </a> and <a target="_new" href="http://www.freetechexams.com"> Exams </a> .Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/">ArticlesBase.com</a> - <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/hardware-articles/comptia-a-tutorial-on-storage-devices-floppy-drives-and-hard-drives-1432024.html" title="CompTIA A+ Tutorial on Storage Devices, Floppy Drives and Hard Drives">CompTIA A+ Tutorial on Storage Devices, Floppy Drives and Hard Drives</a>

A storage drive reads or saves info to magnetic or visual storage media. It can be used to storage data permanently or to retrieve info from a media disk. Storage drives can be set up inside the computer case, such as a hard drive. For portability, some store drives can connect to the computer using a USB port, a FireWire port, or a SCSI port.

These movable store drives are sometimes called removable drives and can be used on multiple computers. Below are common types of storage drives:

Floppy drive
Hard drive
Optical drive
Flash drive
Network drive

Floppy Drives

The floppy drive can be applied to boot the computer if it holds a bootable floppy disk. A 5.25-inch floppy drive is older technology and is rarely used. The floppy drive is slowly being replaced by cheaper, faster, and larger-capacity storage such as writable CDs, DVDs, and flash drive media.

Hard Drives

A hard drive, or hard-disk drive, is a magnetic store device that is installed within the computer. The hard drive is used as permanent storage for information. In a computer, the hard drive is normally arranged as the C: drive and takes the operating system and applications. The hard drive is usually configured as the start drive in the boot sequence. The storage capacity of a hard drive is measured in billions of bytes, or gigabytes (GB). The speed of a hard drive is valued in revolutions per minute (rpm).

Network Drive

A network drive is a link to a remote computer’s store for access to files and directories.

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