Discs and SSDs Solid State Drives
External hard drives are used for storing documents, pictures, videos and any other computer files. The external hard drive can be plugged into any computer so it makes the files more portable. Many people use external hard drives as a way of backing up files.
NTFS (New Technology File System) FAT (File Allocation Table)
External hard drives are used for storing documents, pictures, videos and any other computer files. The external hard drive can be plugged into any computer so it makes the files more portable. Many people use external hard drives as a way of backing up files.
Ata/pi-6
Backup drives are used to backup files and data. Backup drives can be used for backing up data up if you are going to restore or reset the computer to factory settings so you don't lose any important files.
Yes, most hard drives are rewritable. SSD drives can be rewritten to less times than conventional drives, but that is still many times. The OS deletes from hard drives and makes new files all the time. If the hard disk was not reusable, then everyone would be buying them more often, and they would be more easily accessible from the outside of the computer.
FAT (file allocation table) and NTFS (Windows NT file system).
They both... used as storage
There are many different interfaces used. For internal hard drives, older drives use/used PATA (Parallel ATA, originally just called ATA, and commonly referred to as IDE). Newer drives generally use SATA (Serial ATA). For external drives, connections include USB (1.0, 2.0, and 3.0), eSata, and Firewire (IEEE 1394).
The default letter assigned to the primary hard drive in Windows operating systems is typically "C:". This designation is used for the main partition where the operating system is installed, along with program files and user data. Other drives and partitions are assigned subsequent letters, such as "D:", "E:", etc. This convention helps users easily identify and access their drives within the system.
Encrypting hard drives
A fileserver is a computer that operates as a server (i.e. runs server software such as MS Windows Server 2003) used to archive files (documents, photos, etc.) in a central location rather than being saved on a local desktop computer. This allows the files to be backed up on a regular basis as well as allowing for the files to be shared if desired. Novell Netware was one of the original Server Operating Systems (and/or Network Operating Systems) that implemented the concept of "fileserver". Side-note: In corporate networks individual employee desktop computers are often setup with a "network" drive. This disk space is sometimes allocated onto a fileserver. During the early days of local area networks (LAN) hard-drives were expensive; in order to keep costs down, servers were used that would have large, very fast hard-drives where anyone could store files thus reducing the cost of putting large hard-drives on every desktop or workstation.