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What uses a portion of the hard drive as an extension of your physical ram?
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∙ 10y ago
Virtual Memory is using the Hard Drive as if it were RAM.
Cache is memory for frequently used things and is not stored on the hard drive.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 9y agoThe Windows Pagefile is a space set apart by default to be used in this way. There are also "RAM disk" programs which enable you to manually set aside more space for this purpose.
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∙ 10y agoVirtual Memory
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∙ 10y agoSwap File
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What do PC's use on the hard drive as an extension of system RAM?
L2n cache
What is a platter?
A platter is the portion of a hard disk drive that information is written to.
What is a hardware device?
A disk hardware device refers to a physical hard drive. A physical hard drive is used to store information and often the operating system in your computer.
What is a disk hardware device?
A disk hardware device refers to a physical hard drive. A physical hard drive is used to store information and often the operating system in your computer.
On which physical part of a hard drive is the data stored?
platters
How many volts need a hard drive?
No volts need a hard drive. However hard drives need a voltage. Usually about 5 for the data more for the physical movement of the drive.
What is the purpose of an extension slot?
so you can add other cards, hard drive, drives in general, and other stuff.
What is a pagefile?
A pagefile is a reserved portion of a hard disc which is used as an extension of random access memory for data in RAM which hasn't been used recently.
Is it true that a computer system with a C drive and a D drive must have two physical hard drives?
No, C & D might simply be two partitions of one physical drive.
What are the features of logical and physical memory?
physical memory is the actual sticks of memory that you put inside your computer. it is generally faster than logical memory. logical memory is similar to physical memory except imagine all the data on the memory chips on a file in your hard drive. it is usually much slower than physical memory, and it can even damage your hard drive if used in excess. (read/write times increase so the hard drive disk heads have to move faster/more often which puts more wear and tear on the hard drive)
What are the methods of sanitizing and clearing a hard drive?
Degaussing (demagnetizing) Physical Destruction Overwriting
Why do two hard drive icons appear in My Computer if I only have one hard drive?
Each disk partition, regardless of whether there are more than one physical drives in the system, is given a drive letter.
