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The physical sizes of hard drives varies tremendously. The first hard drives were about 5 feet long, six feet high, and 3 feet wide, and weighed about a ton. Modern hard drives are available that are about the size of a quarter. Most modern hard drives are available in one of three physical formats, namely 3.5 inches (for desktop computers), 2.5 inches (for laptops), and 1.8 inches (for netbooks and portable media players).
The storage capacity of hard drives also varies tremendously. The first hard drive stored about 4 MB. Modern hard drives can store up to 3 TB.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe size of the hard drive needed depends on your computing needs. If you intend to download, store, or burn a lot of data, you will need to look for a higher capacity harddrive. If you only use basic programs on your computer, such as the Office Suite or for Surfing the internet, and do not intend to burn DVD's or download a lot of data, you can stick with a smaller hard drive in the 160 GB range.
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∙ 12y agoThe most common HDD size is 80gb, they are inexpensive and most rarely fill them. Now days, computers are coming with 160gb and 320gb which is plenty for the average PC user.
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∙ 8y agoMost home computers these days come with at least 1 Terabyte of hard-drive storage.
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∙ 14y agoThe hard drive for this laptop is 250 GB, if you require more space it is easy and fast to upgrade it.
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∙ 13y agoDesktop HDD size is 3.5 inches (3.5*1)
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∙ 15y ago80 to 120GB
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∙ 11y ago80-120 gb
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When you buy a new Windows XP computer in what unit is the size of a typical hard drive measured?
When you buy a new Windows XP computer, in what unit is the size of a typical hard drive measured?
What does the cache(8 meg) mean or do for a for a hard drive?
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.
Is half a gigabyte a lot for a hard drive?
No the more sorter computer you have the more G.B. you have
Is a genome like a computer hard drive or a computer screen?
hard drive on the computer, it does the programming
What computer has more space mac or PC?
It varies. It is dependant on the size of the hard drive fitted. There is no hard and fast rule.
What is ment by the word size of a computer?
It depends on the context. Size could refer to the physical dimension of the computer - or the storage capacity of its internal memory or hard-drive.
What is the hard drive in a computer?
Hard Drive E
What size of hard drive can toshiba t8000 take?
Presumably by size you mean capacity? The BIOS determines how much hard drive memory your computer can address so if you are upgrading your hard drive I suggest you check Toshiba's website and download the latest BIOS for your machine.
I mainly use my computer for multimedia purposes, what type of hard drive is best for me?
Speed and size are the best friends of multimedia. You will want a 7200 rpm hard drive and the largest size (GBs) drive you can afford. If you want an external drive and have a FireWire connection on your computer, that is much more preferrable than USB due to its speed.
What capacity is the local hard drive and memory?
It depends on your hard drive and your memory at the time.To find out hard drive size go to My Computer and then right click on your local disk and select Properties from the drop down menu.To find out to memory size go to Control Panel > Performance and Maintenance > See basic information about your computer and under the general tab will be stats about your computer, including your memory.
What is the data hard drive?
The data hard drive or just hard drive is where all your programs are stored when your computer is shut down. Every progam you see on your computer is stored on the hard drive. That's why the bigger the hard drive the more programs you can put on your computer.
What does hard drive stand for?
hard drive is a computer storage
