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Q: What term collectively describes hard disks CDs and flash drives?
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What are things such as floppy disks and flash drives called?

Data storage devices.


What are 4 examples of portable storage devices?

Solid state Flash drives USB Hard disks drives


What devices do you use to get info into the computer?

flash drives, disks, a stick, or CD roms.


Are flash drives and hard disks read-write?

Yes, the information on both can be changed.


What are examples of devices include hard disks CDs DVDs USB flash drives and floppy disks?

These are all types of secondary storage devices.


Are the usage of flash drives still popular?

The flash drive replaced floppy disks and cd-roms as storage devices. Flash drives are still in popular usage for file storage. Some even use flash drives as back up storage for their whole computer files in the event of a crash.


What are two common forms of auxiliary storage used on apersonal computer?

usb port jump drives and cd's


What is a generic term used to collectively describe hard disks CDs and flash drives?

storage, non-volatile storage, persistent storage, mass storage, non-volatile memory. There are lots of ways to say it. I would say "storage media" myself.


What types of computer memory bases on computer?

normally RAM and H drives are on most computers. other just use there flash drives or floppy disks


Can you use flash drives as recovery disks?

Not all computers support booting from a USB Flash drive, and you cannot install Windows from a USB flash drive without extensive effort.


What are three common secondary storage devices?

Secondary hard drives, usb flash drives, removable hard drives, cd, dvd, zip disks, floppy disks, mini discs, ect.


How do you make a usb flash drive appear under the Hard Disk Drives catagorey in Windows XP?

Drives that show up under Hard Disks must be identified as a fixed disk, but flash disks generally show up as removable, so you won't see them under the Hard Disk category.