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How many hard drives can connect to a single ide cable?
Only two drives can be supported on an IDE cable. One Master and one Slave.
How many hard drives can be connected to a single IDE Cable?
Only two drives can be supported on an IDE cable. One Master and one Slave.
Is the capacity for all hard disk 2.5GB?
The first hard drives were only a couple of megabytes, while modern hard drives are 3TB and beyond. As technology progresses, hard drives will likely continue to increase in capacity. Therefore, not all hard drives are 2.5GB in size.
What are the limitations of the primary storage of computer system?
There are three main limits to primary storage of a computer: 1) Physical space 2) Cost 3) Addressable space Lets address them in more detail 1) Physical Space: Currently traditional hard drives (sometimes called Platter based hard drives) can support 250-500Gigabit / square inch (Approximately 30-60 gigabytes / square inch) . The physically larger drives in desktop computers and servers have platters that are a little larger that 5 inches across for about 19-20 square inches of space for a proximately 1 Terabyte per platter. The ability to have 3 platters in a single full size drive is why you will see 3TB drives at the store. In laptops the smaller 3.5 inch across platters and only being able to support 1 or two platters in a single drive is why you only see 500GB for the slim 8.0mm height drives (only fit 1 platter) and 1TB for the larger 9.5mm height drives (can fit a second platter). 2) Cost: Several companies have developed technology that increase the data density in answer 1, however that technology is extremely expensive to create and would make the hard drives more expensive than any consumer is willing to pay. However as they figure out cheaper ways to make the denser drives, you will see the capacity continue to rise. (This is also why the new super fast Solid State hard drives are so small. They can make bigger drives, they would just cost too much) 3) Addressable space: This is the easiest of the three limits to over come. The change from 32bit to 64bit computing changed this limit from 2 Terabytes to 8 Exbibytes (an Exibyte is approximately a 1 followed by eighteen 0s). The physical limitations should not reach this any time soon.
What are the main limitations of primary storage of computer system?
There are three main limits to primary storage of a computer: 1) Physical space 2) Cost 3) Addressable space Lets address them in more detail 1) Physical Space: Currently traditional hard drives (sometimes called Platter based hard drives) can support 250-500Gigabit / square inch (Approximately 30-60 gigabytes / square inch) . The physically larger drives in desktop computers and servers have platters that are a little larger that 5 inches across for about 19-20 square inches of space for a proximately 1 Terabyte per platter. The ability to have 3 platters in a single full size drive is why you will see 3TB drives at the store. In laptops the smaller 3.5 inch across platters and only being able to support 1 or two platters in a single drive is why you only see 500GB for the slim 8.0mm height drives (only fit 1 platter) and 1TB for the larger 9.5mm height drives (can fit a second platter). 2) Cost: Several companies have developed technology that increase the data density in answer 1, however that technology is extremely expensive to create and would make the hard drives more expensive than any consumer is willing to pay. However as they figure out cheaper ways to make the denser drives, you will see the capacity continue to rise. (This is also why the new super fast Solid State hard drives are so small. They can make bigger drives, they would just cost too much) 3) Addressable space: This is the easiest of the three limits to over come. The change from 32bit to 64bit computing changed this limit from 2 Terabytes to 8 Exbibytes (an Exibyte is approximately a 1 followed by eighteen 0s). The physical limitations should not reach this any time soon.
What does the command scandisk do?
Scandisc only works on hard disks and floppies, not on tape drives, CD-ROM drives, or DVD-ROM drives.
What are the hard drive components of your computer?
The hard drive is a device used to store data on the computer long-term. Unlike RAM, data written to the harddrive (or HDD) is non-volatile and will not typically disappear when turning the computer off. Harddrives work by using a spinning magnetically reactive platter (or multiple platters), and read and write information using an incredibly tiny, extremely sensitive magnetic needle called a 'head'. This head does not typically come into physical contact with the platter, as doing so will often break the head, causing what is known as a 'crash'. This causes irreversible and permanent damage to the head. The platters spin at high speeds to deliver data quicker, typically 4200 and 5400 RPM for laptops, and 5400, 7200, and 10,000 RPM in desktops. Servers can also have SCSI 15,000 RPM hard drives. Hard drives store data most users commonly interact with- Your operating system (example: Windows), music, movies, games, applications and programs, documents, and more. Hard drives can also be used as temporary RAM in the event of a RAM shortage, however at an incredibly reduced capability. Most modern harddrives average 80 MB/s read and 60 MB/s write, though may vary from model to model and situation to situation. Modern RAM is much faster. Typical DDR2 and DDR3 memory operates at 8000 MB/s or faster. You can see why the HDD is not preferable as use for memory, and thus why a RAM upgrade is the quickest way to speed up a computer IF it is ram deficient. The use of a hard drive as temporary memory is called 'Swapping' 'Paging' or 'Virtual Memory', and is referred to as 'Swapfile', 'Pagefile' and 'Virtual Memory Allocation'. Hard drives are a direct descendant of other magnetic storage media such as Floppy Disk Drives, Drum Drives, and Tape Drives. It provides superior storage capacity, better reliability, and speed to Drum Drives and Floppy Disk Drives. Tape Drives can hold higher capacity (as much as 14.5 TB per tape in top models), but since Tape Drives are sequential (must read front to back, like a VHS or Casette, and must be 'rewound') and harddrives are random access (goes directly to the data), tape drives have been replaced by HDDs for performance purposes. Hard Drives used to be sensitive to magnetic interference, much like floppies and tape drives, but newer drives are shielded from most magnetic interference, unlike floppies and tape drives.
Can a hard drive have only one root directory?
Certainly. Many (most?) modern hard drives have only one root directory. Only those drives with two or more partitions will have more than one root directory.
What is the recommended CMOS setting for IDE hard drives?
For almost all modern computers and hard drives, the only settings you should set is for the parameters of the disk to be detected automatically.
How many hard drives does wow hold?
None? WoW is a program, not a physical object. If you're asking how many hard drives does it take to hold WoW, one, because most hard drives are at least 320 G nowadays and WoW is only about 36 G now.
How many drives must be set to master in a PC with IDE drives on the same cable?
Only one master is connected to single IDE cable
Are Xbox 360 hard drives region free?
Yes Xbox 360 hard drives are region free. Region codes are only used in the Xbox 360's DVD drive firmware.
