There are several types of storage depending on how long you want to keep data.
1 Hard disk, internal within the computer normally, you can get external drives as well, which is flexible storage but does not lose anything when the power is switched off. Hard disks can fail when old.
2 USB flash drives and memory cards, not disk but fixed memory, should never lose data, can be rewritten to any number of times.
3 CD / DVD Data can be backed up or written to Cd's and DVDs for long term storage. RW (rewritable) disks can be changed after first writing, normal disks are written once and keep the data as long as they are stored correctly.
ROM, which stands for Read Only Memory.
Main memory in a computer is storage that will be erased when a computer is turned off. Backing storage is memory that will save information when the computer shuts down.
To transfer song from an iPod to a computer, you need to connect the iPod to the computer and turn on the USB mass storage. Once, the USB mass storage has been turned on, the songs can then be transferred.
Storage Devices
A USB thumb drive can lose information when the computer is turned off. It can corrupt the USB and cause the info stored to be lost.
If you are asking what the largest storage component in a personal computer is, that would be the hard drive. The hard drive is a non volatile storage medium. Meaning it holds its data, even when the power is turned off.
Secondary storage is?æthe devices for permanent storage and it is not affected if the computer is turned on or not. Secondary storage is?æmostly known as auxiliary storage or external hardware.
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It is the level of secondary storage that retains data when power is turned off. For example: Memory is volatile if it loses its data when the power is removed.
RAM - standing for Random Access Memory. The contents of RAM are lost when the computer is turned off.
If you see pictures, then your computer screen is turned on.
Secondary Storage Devices (such as Harddisk drives) which are non-volatile in nature stores all data that is put into computer even after the computer is truned off.
Normally Volatile memory or storage is the real memory in the computer. It is volatile because if the power fails or is turned off the memory (RAM) is erased or reset.