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The two terms are completely different. Your "Tower" is what your actual system ( computer ) is typically reffered to.
A Hard drive is a small piece of hardware about 1 inch tall, 4 inches wide, and 6 inches long that sits in your "tower" and stores all of your information. Consider this like a gigantic floppy disk that you can not remove.
Altough these terms are completely different, many people refer to the "Tower" as the "Hard drive," as incorrect as it may be.
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How do you remove everything from computer tower?
Format hard drive/s
Does a drive bay device plug into the motherboard?
An internal hard-drive fits into a bay inside the computer's tower. A power cable from the power unit is plugged into the hard-drive. A data cable plugs the hard-drive into the motherboard.
What types of PCs have a monitor separate from the hard drive?
Tower style computers have a monitor that is separate to the monitor. The tower would sit under a desk, by a desk or on top of the desk with the monitor attached by a cable but still being a separate entity to the hard drive.
Is the hard drive built into the computer?
It depends. On a laptop the hard drive is built in, but in a desktop PC the hard drive is a removable component inside the computer tower. You can also purchase an external hard drive that is completely separate from the computer and connects via USB, an external S/ATA port or Firewire.
Will a tower case allow my hard drive to stay cool?
Yes, the case blows air over the Hard drives with the front fans
What exactly is a PC tower used for?
"A PC tower is what houses the various components of a PC that are required for the computer to function. A few of the major components housed in the PC tower are the hard drive, floppy drives, optical drives, and the motherboard."
Tower computer can only have one physical hard drive installed?
You can add as many harddrives as you want to. As long as there is enough room.
How do you build a computer tower?
its not reel hard i built one when i was 11 first you need a mother board, hard drive, floppy drive, disk drive, power thing, and a power cord http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94krVqiwhV8 try this also it could help you see
How to transfer files between two hard drives?
Both hard drives have their own OS, one is win10 another one is win7 and win10 is the primary drive. They will be in the same tower and I want to move files from India
Where is the hard drive?
Most are installed inside the computer. Depending on which type of computer you have (Desktop, Tower, Laptop) it may or may not be easily accessible.
What are hard drive failures?
a hard drive failure is when your hard drive stops working...
What is another word for hard drive?
a hard drive is called "disque dur" in French.
