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Data Storage Devices
Data storage devices are any piece of computer hardware used to record some sort of information. Questions about storage devices and the media on which they record information belong here.
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It isn't.
If you print something on acid-free paper, it will be easily readable in 200 years.
A harddisk, on the other hand, rarely last longer than 5-10 years even under the best conditions. A CD or DVD may last 50 years, but no one knows for sure yet.
Even putting physical reliability aside, it is not at all obvious that the programs we use in a few hundred years will be able to read the data formats we use today.
Compare to punched cards: They were a primary digital storage medium as recently as 40-50 years ago, but you will be hard put to find a punched card reader for a computer bought today. And possibly even harder put to find software that knows what the data means, especially for binary data.
Digital technology has its big advantages in operating on data - whether summing or copying, the computer is much less likely to make errors than a human - and in searching. Finding anything specific among millions of printed pages can be a hopeless task, while searching the same volume of digital data is trivial.
Digital technology has several massive advantages, but storage reliability is not one of them.
Here are some different storage devices:
- Pen Drive
- CD
- DVD
- Blu-Ray disk
- Hard disk
- Floppy disk
- USB Devices
- Memory Card
- Multimedia Card
- RAM
- ROM
- Tape Drive
- Cloud storage
- Flash memory
- Cassette tape
- 8-Track tape
Mainly lack of capacity. A floppy disk is usually 1.44 MB. Modern flash drives, hard drives, etc. are in the gigabytes and terabytes ! You can still use a floppy drive (I have a USB external floppy drive), but it will become more difficult to get new floppy disks as manufacturers abandon a rather antiquated media.
How many songs can a 100 mb zip disk hold?
Lets assume that each .mp3 song on average takes up 5MB, meaning 20 songs can be put on it.
Other sound files such as .wav or .mid are much smaller, most not exceeding 100KB, you can fit thousands of these on you zip disk
How much storage does a DVD have?
A DVD stores 4700 MB which is 4.7 Gigs a DVD Movies is usually around 700 MB or so. 4700/700 MB and your looking at a few hours of video. Hope this helped :)
Which of following storage devices can be divided into partitions that can have one or more volume?
flash drive
Backup storage refers to a storage device, medium or facility that is used for storing copies and instances of backup data. Backup storage enables the maintenance, management, retrieval and restoration of backup data for any individual, application, computer, server or any computing device.
Can a magnet erase the memory of a CD or floppy disk?
The best way to clean a floppy disk is with an electromagnet not a regular magnet. If you can put it to the back of a large speaker when the speaker is turned on, that should work. On the other hand, if you wait about 10 years, that will also do it.
What is a portable storage device that can be transported on a keychain?
What kind of storage device? A flash drive is a small, usually rectangular device that can be plugged into computers and take data from the computer onto the flash drive.
If we are talking about physical possessions, then a purse can "store" a wallet, keys, etc.
Name and describe 2 types of storage devices?
1 Jump Drive they are electronic devices that allow you to store computer files. usually no bigger then 6cm and usually rectangular in shape
2 CD a CD allows you to store music and other electronic files. It is flat with one shiny side and a hole in the centre.
Which holds more a CD a DVD or a usb flash drive?
CDs hold around 700-800Mb,
DVDs hold around 4.5Gb (or 9Gb for dual-layer)
Flash drives can come in 128Mb, 256Mb, 512Mb, 1Gb, 2Gb, 4Gb, 8Gb, 16Gb and more recently, 32Gb.
Flash drives can hold more.
Blu-rays can hold up to 200Gb (although only 50Gb or 100Gb are readable with standard equipment).
What laptop has most online storage device?
The one with the largest hard drive and/or RAM. They can be built to your needs when ordering from a supplier.
How data can be write and read in DVD?
It's a complex process that would demand a long space to describe. You'd do better by entering Wikipedia to be inside of this process of reading/writing on compact discs.
How do you burn an ISO image to a CD or DVD?
I suggest Ukoo ISO Maker. It has great features, such as that it converts files to iso image, burns ISO to DVD discs and Creates high quality data disc. I used it before like you to burn some games. Easy to use ! == * File to ISO
You can add file and directory to the list and convert them to ISO * CD/DVD to ISO
You can convert CD or DVD disc to ISO * Burn ISO to CD/DVD
You can Burn ISO file to CD or DVD disc. * Support popular CD & DVD drive
It can intelligently detect the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM formats that your ROM supports. It supports DVD, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, CD-R, and CD-RW discs
Can a CD be affected by a magnet?
No, unlike the platters of a hard disk drive, Compact Discs (CDs) are made from polycarbonate and recorded on by lasers, and thus are not susceptible to damage by magnets.
How do you determine if your system is set to boot from a CD or floppy disk?
on startup hit f1/del/f10 to open bios, select advance setup, select boot priority/order/device, select what u want, f10, Y, ENTER. *some pc require different method.
