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The average Hard Drive uses magnetivity to turn tiny segments of a large plate to either magnetized, or demagnetized. Computer information is processed and stored as 1's and 0's, so magnetically, magnetized would be a 1 and demagnetized would be a 0. For example, an F in binary is 01000110. So, on a hard drive, 8 tiny switches would be set to "off, on, off, off, off, on, on, off" to store a single letter "F" (as well as more code to decide WHERE to store the letter f).
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe traditional 3.5 inch floppy disk can only hold 1.44Mbs of information. A hard disk today can hold terabytes of information. So the answer is yes.
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∙ 11y agoPlease ask the question again and include something to which you can compare a hard disk's capacity.
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How does the hard drive store data?
Magnetic Storage
What is the function of an external hard drive?
To store data
What does a computer need to store its data?
A hard drive.
Why was a hard drive invented?
it was invented to store data
What is a hard drive function?
A Hard drive in a PC is used to store Operating System and software data so the PC will function.
How much data can a 10 tb hard drive store?
10 terabytes.
Can you store data in the CPU for a long time?
Hmmm, a CPU (processor) stores no data. RAM or Memory can store data as long as the computer is ON and the Hard Drive can store data indefinately (forever).
How many gigabytes can an Iomega portable hard drive store?
An Iomega portable hard drive is capable of storing 320 gigabytes. The Iomega hard portable hard drive can store data from a computer through a USB 2.0 port.
What can a portable hard drive copy?
Anything. You can use it to store things just like you would a internal hard drive. So you can store videos, music, data, games, programs, or whatever you could possibly want on an external hard drive.
What is the function of a hard drive?
A hard disk is a device that is used to store large amounts of data in a computer system. Hard disks differ from other memory because they are non-volatile, they retain the data even when they do not have power.
Is a hard drive considered to be a volatile device?
No, hard drive is a non-volatile device. Volatile memory devices store data temporarily and lose data on power cut. However hard disk retain its data and hence is non-volatile memory.
What are the uses of memory card?
you can store data from one hard drive and transfer it to a different one.
