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What application software is designed to reside on a computers hard disk?
data
Your hard drive crashed what will be left on your computer?
In the worst case nothing (at least non of your software or data). When the disk is replaced you will need to re-install the operating system and at that point (unless you data is on a separate drive or you have backed it up) it will be as though you computer is new form the shop. If you have a backup then you can restore the data from this once the Operating System is re-installed.
How does one do a backup to disk?
Backing up data to disk can be rather time consuming depending on how much data one needs to transfer on to disk. Most computers have a backup facility where one would follow a set on on-screen instructions. Alternatively, one can copy and paste data from folders to the disk.
What will happen if you format a disk that already contains files of data?
Formatting a disk that contains files of data can result in total data loss. Unless you have backed up all the data from a drive (if possible), do not format unless you are prepared to lose everything including your operating system, which you will then need to reinstall.
How do I recover important deleted files from my crashed computer?
First you will need data recovery software. Here is data recovery software with step-by-step instructions: http://www.recovermyfiles.com/hard-disk-data-recovery.php.
The memory devices of computers such as hard disks and floppy disk drives use materials to store data?
magnetic
On older computers changes are made to the CMOS setup data using a setup program stored on what?
a Floppy Disk
What is The memory devices of computers such as hard disks and floppy disk drives use with materials to store data?
mass
How frequently should you format a floppy disk?
As little as possible. Floppy disks are prone to corruption and should be accessed as little as possible. It would be generally advised that no data should be stored on a floppy disk, and that any data you have on floppy disk should be removed and backed up on a more reliable format such as flash memory.
Is a computer that is not connected to other computers and that uses software applications and data stored on its local disk?
stand-alone computer
What is the circuit or signaling pathway used by the motherboard to transmit data to the computers memory processor and hard disk?
bus or buss.
Where was the data stored on early computers?
Before computer memory chips and memory sticks were invented, floppy discs were used.
