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All computers use a hard drive to store programs and files.
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Are there different types of hard drives for desktops and laptops?
Laptops use 2.5 inch hard drives, while desktops use 3.5 inch hard drives.
What type of IDE cable do most hard drives use today?
SATA IDE cable do most hard drives use toda.
Does virtualization use virtual hard drives to store the virtual machines OS?
It can use either: real hard drives and virtual ones.
Hard drives can use the following interfaces?
IDE
What are the top four brands of 1 TB hard drives?
The top four brands of 1TB Hard Drives are amongst others Western Digital hard drives, Seagate hard drives, Toshiba hard drives, and Hitachi hard drives.
Can you use flash memory in external hard drives?
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Are the hard drives for laptops the same for Desktop computers?
Laptop hard drives are very similar to desktop hard drives, indeed they work in exactly the same way and even use the same interfaces. However laptop hard drives are designed to be much smaller (2 inches as opposed to 3.5) and draw less power than desktop hard drives. As a result laptop hard drives are usually much slower in terms of data transfer and have much smaller storage capacity than a desktop hard drive of the same year manufacture. With an adapter it is possible to use a laptop hard drive in a desktop computer, and if mounted externally it is also possible to use a desktop hard drive on a laptop.
The majority of hard drives interface with the motherboard?
Modern hard drives connect to the hard drive using a SATA cable. Older ones use a larger, slower IDE cable.
Addition of peripherals such as wireless network cards and hard drives to notebooks can be accomplished with the use of?
USB Ports enable use of External Devices such as Wireless Network Cards & Hard drives on Notebooks.
Do new hard drives typically attach to the motherboard via an IDE connector?
No, most new hard drives use Serial ATA or SATA connectors.
What drives are installed in internal bays?
Hard disk drives
What is the Internal technology that most hard drives use today?
EIDE
