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What Are hard drives used for?

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Anonymous

9y ago
Updated: 2/27/2022

External hard drives are used for storing documents, pictures, videos and any other computer files. The external hard drive can be plugged into any computer so it makes the files more portable. Many people use external hard drives as a way of backing up files.

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