this info is out of date but according to p477-478 of A+ Guide To Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Sixth Editionby Jean Andrews...
the Microdrive CF comes in several sizes up to 4 GB while the Zip drive can hold up to 750 MB of data.
zip drive
Either can hold more than the other depending on which units you are comparing. The largest Zip drives can hold 750 Mb. The limit to microdrives is 8000 Mb (8 Gb) if they are formatted with a file system that can address so much memory.
the USB holds more information
DVD
A ZiP drive CAN hold more but most DO NOT hold as much as DVD'd 4.7 Gb
It depends on how much more memory you need and how much you're willing to pay for the convenience of a larger card. You might consider either replacing your memory card with one with greater capacity, or purchasing a MicroDrive. A MicroDrive is a mini hard drive that offers up to 4 GB of storage space. While the additional storage space is appealing, they are often slow and fragile, meaning a drop on the sidewalk could cause significant damage and loss of data. One disadvantage of large memory cards or mini-hard drives is that all your pictures are stored in one place. If the card or drive is lost or destroyed, you lose a very large number of pictures. This could mean losing all the pictures from your vacation.
If you mean the largest amount of information in terms of data storage, then hard drives are capable of holding quite a lot. At the moment, the largest one you can buy commercially holds up to 3 terabytes (TB). More recently, Kingston have unveiled a new flash drive/ thumb drive with a 1 TB capacity.
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As data is saved to a hard drive, the free space lessens until the there is no more space for further data - the drive is full. I assume this is what is meant by the "shrunk" hard disk drive in the question? Formatting the drive will return the drive to the original size. Note: formatting doesn't actually wipe the drive completely, the data is still on the drive. Only the links to the data is severed, so the computer acts as though the drive is blank and it can write new data to the drive.
A 4 GB flash drive holds significantly more data than a 512 MB flash drive. Specifically, 4 GB is equivalent to 4,096 MB, which means the 4 GB drive can store approximately eight times the amount of information compared to the 512 MB drive. Therefore, if you need more storage capacity, the 4 GB option is the better choice.
Yes, It usually depends on how much the CD storage. Cds hold more data, pictures, music and other stuff. A floppy disk can only hold kbs and mbs of files. That is less than the cds hold, and floppy disks are getting obsolete. CDs, DVDs, and USB flash drives are the latest to save things on.