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Delicate device - prone to damage Moving parts
Curtis Strite
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∙ 14y agoExternal hard drives are usually moved around a lot more than internal ones, and thus increasing the risk of damage. Drives connected to interfaces other than SCSI or eSATA are also slower than internal ones.
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∙ 12y agoit is not a removeable
they must be stored in dust free enviorment
write headcan get damaged if temparture get to high.
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∙ 14y agoThe main disadvantage is that they still aren't small enough, which is where memory sticks come in.
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∙ 14y agothe hard drive does not have all it's memory in a few years as it loses memory slowly and you are luck if it works and does not crash in 12 years
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∙ 13y agoInternal Hard Drives often have more security threats than External hard drives. Also, they aren't portable
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∙ 14y agoDisadvantages of an external hard drive
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What are the advantage and disadvantage of external and internal parts of the computer?
Well as you may know an internal hard drive is inside your computer and stores just about all your computers' info. But you may have information on there that you want to take to your friends house, so you would put the info on your internal hard drive on an external hard drive, then put it on your friends computer instead of taking in and out your internal hard drive. So really bottom line here and external hard dirve is a more portable hard drive and easier to carry around.
What are the disadvantages of RCN webmail?
"The biggest disadvantage is that none of your mail is downloaded to your hard drive, but rather all is stored on the companies server. This is a big disadvantage, particularly when you simply want to revisit an old email message."
Why is backing up files to memory stick taking longer?
Flash Drives have a disadvantage to their hard drive counterparts in that a flash drive's writing time is slower than a hard drive. As such, you will notice a slower upload onto your flash device. Keep in mind, though, that flash drives tend to read data quicker than hard drives.
What are disadvantages of Triple DES?
There are a few disadvantages of Triple DES including processing times in which the more complex the longer it takes. Another disadvantage is when the file or hard drive crash, it's hard to recover.
What are hard drive failures?
a hard drive failure is when your hard drive stops working...
What is another word for hard drive?
a hard drive is called "disque dur" in French.
What is hard disk also known as?
* Hard disk drive * Hard drive * HDD
If you have an existing hard drive and want to install a second hard drive and you want to keep the first drive bootable as the bootable drive how should you configure the second hard drive?
If the Hard drive is IDE (40 pins on the back) you would configure the primary hard drive as Master and secondary hard drive as Slave using the jumpers on the back of the hard drive.
Is the ps3 hard drive same as the PC hard drive?
It is the same as a laptop hard drive
Can you replace eide hard drive with a sata hard drive?
No. IDE Hard Drive cannot be replaced with a Sata Hard Drive because the connectors are different. example. if you have sata hard drive installed on your machine. and you purchase IDE Hard drive. you won't be able to install the IDE hard drive where the Sata hard drive was because the IDE connectors are a different shape and size towards the Sata hard drive connectors.
The function of hard drive cable?
To start, the hard drive cable connects your hard drive to your motherboard. Its really simple.
What does 'HDD' stand for?
Hard Disk Drive.
