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The hard drive is for storage, much like a floppy disk or a CD. It may be permanently mounted, and it contains all your programs, your operating system, and any data you wish to create or download. It is an I/O device, meaning it is for input and output.
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How do you compare a vacuole in a cell to a part of a computer?
A vacuole holds food and waste that isn't immediately needed by the cell. I would compare it to the hard drive or the recycle bin. The hard drive stores files that aren't needed immediately by the computer and the recycle bin is a division of the hard drive that holds waste you aren't ready to get rid of yet.
What are the difference between resident and non resident viruses?
A Nonresident is a computer virus that is not stored on the hard drive of the computer system. Rather, the virus makes a home in an executable file that infects a computer each time it is accessed and run. While Resident viruses do not search for hosts when they are started. Instead, a resident virus loads itself into memory on execution time and transfers control to the host program.
What is the anatomy of a computer?
Central Processing Unit (CPU): The 'brain' of the computer, the component that actually executes instructions. Memory : It enables a computer to store, at least temporarily, data and programs. Input device : Usually a keyboard or mouse is used to read data and programs into the computer. Output device: A display screen, printer, etc. that lets you see what the computer has accomplished. Mass storage device: It allows a computer to permanently store large amounts of data. Common mass storage devices include disk drive and tape drive.
What part of the human body is the drive bays of the computer?
Since the drive bays are like cases or containers, then the skin is a case in the human body. The skeletal system also contains the organs: heart, brain, lungs, etc. so they could be seen as the drive bays.
What is true about viruses?
it can cause problemes on your pc, it can erase your entire hard drive, it can replicate(multiply). more info coming soon
Is a genome like a computer hard drive or a computer screen?
hard drive on the computer, it does the programming
What is the hard drive in a computer?
Hard Drive E
What is the data hard drive?
The data hard drive or just hard drive is where all your programs are stored when your computer is shut down. Every progam you see on your computer is stored on the hard drive. That's why the bigger the hard drive the more programs you can put on your computer.
What does hard drive stand for?
hard drive is a computer storage
What is the first hard drive in a computer?
Hard Drive E
In what part of the computer is the external hard drive located?
Actually, the external hard drive is not located in the computer. It is an external hard drive, which means it is on the outside of the computer. It is plugged into the computer's USB port with a cord.
A computer's CPU and hard drive are found in the?
A computer's CPU and hard drive are found in theD. system unit
What is the use of the hard drive in the computer?
Information is written, and read from the hard drive.
What is an c drive?
C: drive is the main hard drive on your computer. Hard drives are identified by letter, with C: being reserved for the first bootable drive in a computer.
What happens if you try to start a computer with no hard drive?
If you try and start a computer with no hard drive then you cant save stuff
How can you boot the operating system on an IBM ThinkPad 570 without the hard drive?
How do you get a computer to boot up with no hard drive? What are the steps or what is the process of getting a hard drive installed into your computer if it is not bootable because of a missing hard drive.
How do you copy your hard drive to an external hard drive?
---- # go to "my computer" # browse to your external hard drive # then open another "my computer" window # drag and drop the file(s) you want to the window displaying the external hard drive. ----
