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From the point of view of construction, yes. At some point the hard drive had to be put in the machine and integrated into the system. It's a separate component of computers. Whether or not that means it can be removed and replaced is another matter, and the techie who looks at your machine may or may not be able to R & R the unit. Certainly as a user you'll have to weigh your skills and abilities against the difficulties associated with removing the drive yourself. If the consideration is one based on "portability" of data, grab an "add-on" or external hard drive to store data you need to truck from point A to point B. It only takes a small application (software package) on a given machine to get the external drive to work with that PC. These portable units are getting cheaper and more robust every year - or every 18 months, if you believe Moore's law (as it's stretched to apply to hard drive capacity as opposed to semiconductor density, which it originally addressed). The "remove-ability" of the hard drive says nothing at all about software considerations. Far and away the most common residence of the operating system (OS) in a computer is the hard drive. No hard drive, no OS - and there's no way your machine can come up and run.
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List of non-removable storage devices?
The only non removable storage device is the hard drive. In some instances you can purchase a larger hard drive but it is not removable in the way that a flash drive is removable.
What are Hard drive removable disks and cds for a computer?
Hard drives, removable disks, and CDs are ways of storing information for computers. They make the process of backup up or moving data from a computer much easier.
What is the difference between a parmanent hard disk drive and a removable hard disk drive?
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PERMANENT HARD DISK DRIVE AND A REMOVABLE HARD DISK DRIVE A permanent drive is in housed in the system while the removable one is externally fixed. Basically they perform the same functions.
Hard disk that users can insert and remove from a dock or a drive?
An external harddrive? Or Memory Stick?? its a removable hard disk
Removable media and non-removable media?
Removable storage media refers to CD's, DVD's, Floppy discs, USB drives. Non-removeable storage media refers to RAM, and Hard Drives. So where the storage media's are found depends upon which you are 'talking' about; but generally non-removable inside the computer, removable outside of the computer.
Where the disk put in a computer?
Since the hard disk drive uses the same data bus as the removable disk drive(s), it is usually installed adjacent to the removable disk (CD-ROM) drive(s).
When you play a file from removable media does it get saved to the hard drive?
No
Does the hard disk drive tell the computer what to do?
Partially. The answer is a little complicated as what a computer does is governed by a combination of hardware, firmware, and software. Typically the Operating System or Boot Code can be stored on a hard disk drive, so in this way the hard drive tells the computer what to do. However, there are computers that do not have hard drives or run from removable media. In that case the operating system is not run from the hard drive.
What is a computer storage drive?
There are two types of storage devices used with computers: a primary storage device, such as RAM, and a secondary storage device, like a hard drive. Secondary storage can be removable, internal, or external storage.
What is it called when you store a file on a hard drive or removable disk?
back up
Why is the hard drive called c?
In the old days, computers had floppy drives. They usually had two, so you could put a program disk in drive A, and a data disk in drive B.Later computers kept two drives so they could support both formats: 5 1/4 inch, and 3 1/2 inches. By this time, hard drives were universal, and almost always installed as the C drive.AnswerOriginally, computers used floppy drives. The first drive was called "A:", then computers had 2 drives, A and B. Then... hard drives
Where can one find a removable hard drive?
One may find a removable hard drive at Future Shop, Best Buy and The Source. These are the top retailers for electronics equipment. Online, one may use Amazon and eBay.
