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What is the volume label of an external hard drive?
The volume label of an external hard drive refers to the string, which shows before the drive letter if you were to look at the drive using My Computer. For instance, if it is written External Drive:E, then the label is External Drive.
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.
If a CD drive and a hard drive are sharing the same data cable in a computer system what type of connection is the CD drive using?
It is using the EIDE connection. The book says that if you have a hard drive and a CD that the hard drive should be the master and the CD will be the slave.
What can one do if the hard drive is clicking?
If a hard drive is clicking then a person should make a decision to try and back up or recover any files on the hard drive. Files on the hard drive can be recovered by using professional hard drive recovery systems.
What is the advantage of using a hard drive password over a power-on password or Windows password?
If the hard drive is moved to another system. The password will protect the hard drive.
Why do movers strap large pieces of furniture to the inside walls of moving vans before beginning to drive?
They like to strap on things, big hard heavy things..
Does using a Linux LiveCD leave anything on the hard drive?
No. A L:iveCD will not even touch the hard drive unless you tell it to.
What are the advantages of an IDE hard drive?
The only advantage of using a IDE hard drive is maximum compatibility. It appears that SATA hard drives have a lot more advantages than an IDE hard drive.
Do you need to wipe your hard drive before installing a different operating system?
No, you do not, but operating systems are software just like other things, and they take hard drive space, so if you are low on disk space you should clean up a bit before installing a new OS.
Can you store things on a laptops hard drive?
Of course.
What a hard drive disk used for?
to download things on
How should someone handle a hard drive to avoid this problem?
by not careing about damaging the hard drive and doing stupid things
