no a hard drive has a much faster access time...
The smallest storage access unit on an IDE hard drive is a sector.
The cache size is refers to the size of buffer on the hard drive. The bigger the the buffer, the less the hard drive has to access the drive. Also it improves the time that the computer needs to access data from the drive.
Windows XP Professional Install is about 3.7GB on my system using VMware
it is a player that runs directly off the hard drive
If MS-DOS is installed and booted from the drive, it can be accessed immediately at the command prompt. If you have booted from an MS-DOS floppy, you can access the hard drive by typing C:
Yes. LiveCDs can access the hard drive on a computer, though you will need to know the partition identification to mount that partition.
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To connect a USB hard drive to an HDMI TV, you'll typically need a media player or a smart TV that supports USB input. First, plug the USB hard drive into the USB port of the TV or media player. Then, switch the TV's input to the correct HDMI source, and navigate to the media player app or file browser to access the files on the hard drive. If your TV doesn't support USB drives, consider using a streaming device that can read the USB drive and send the output to the TV via HDMI.
You can access data faster.
You can't, it has to be in the computer to access it.
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