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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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The portable storage device that holds the least amount of data is the?

The portable storage device that holds the least amount of data currently is the 3. 5 inch floppy diskette with its 1. 44 MB capacity. The almost completely extinct 5. 25 inch floppies used to hold even less data; 360 KB.

What is the storage capacity of a DVD-rom?

A DVD-ROM is a general term describing any DVD medium that cannot be written to by end-users.

To answer your question in another way: there are a lot of different types of DVD. Types most commonly found are mini-DVD's (1.4 GB), dual-layer mini-DVD's (2.6 GB), DVD-R/+R/-RW/+RW (4.7 GB), DVD-DL/DVD9 (8.5 GB) or DVD-RAM (4.7 or 9.4 GB depending on single or dual layers).

What is the negative effects of a Macintosh computer?

Myself being a faithful Microsoft owner happen to dislike the Apple computer. Sorry to those who highly appreciate it. It is harder to control and an Apple computer is mainly meant for those who do more technological work and use more sophisticated programs. For those looking for a simple home computer a Microsoft is very easy to operate, though, they can be overly frustrating and slow, and for all of us who don't have green pouring out of our wallets is less than half the price of an Apple.

Why is mean to say that floppy disk drives usually are downward compatible but not upward compatible?

It means floppy drives that are built for higher capacities, or with newer technologies can also read floppy drives with older technologies/less storage. But not vice versa.

How can i extract the platinum from a hard disk platter?

Precious metals (gold, silver, platinum) are usually recovered by an electrochemical process- sort of reverse electroplating. The amount of platinum in one hard drive is not likely to be worth recovering.

Is a cellphone a storage device?

no it is a cellular divice used for calling,text messeging.

How much memory does Google SketchUp take?

The amount of memory (RAM) Google SketchUp or any other design tool out there is using, is relative to the complexity of the model you are working on. Ideally, the more the better, but that is also Operating system (OS) limited:

- Sketchup is a 32bit application.

- Windows 32bit cannot address (use) more than 3GB or RAM (3.2GB, but w/e). Having more than 3GB (or 4GB, still you cannot use all of it) in a 32bit Windows Machine is pointless. Macs work a bit differently, so even 32bit OS can address more than that.

- Individual Applications are not allowed by 32bit Windows to use address more than 2GB of RAM.

- Windows 64bit, by default, run 32bit Applications (like Sketchup) with the same 2GB limitation, only that can be "patched", so each can use up to 4GB (64bit apps do not have such limiations, but SU is not one of them yet).

You can follow the guide in this site to do so:

http://maketecheasier.com/increase-memory-limit-for-32-bit-applications-in-windows-64-bit-os/2011/08/13

How can you format your SD card to FAT16?

If you have a card reader on your computer, then when you insert the SD card, you can format it.

Note: FAT16 has a volume limit of 2 gigabytes, so if your card is bigger than 2 gigs, FAT16 will not be an option for the formatting.

How do i format my Maxtor External hardrive?

Plug it in to your computer. Go to "My Computer." when it shows up as the F: G: or whatever drive right click it and click format.

On what types of computers can you use dynamic disks?

Virtual Machines commonly use dynamically expanding storage. Additionally, Linux can use LVM, which allows dynamic resizing of sub-partitions.

What is the best storage device and why?

The classic hard drive has the highest capacity and lowest cost per megabyte. The only thing it lacks is easy portability.

What is a Miniature Mobile Storage Media?

this a device that you save information on.

like a DVD or something of that sort.

How much is a milibyte of storage?

A "Milibyte" is not a valid unit of measurement for anything

Is USB a drive or a device define?

USB (Universal Serial Bus) is actually the name given to the hardware standard that allows for multipurpose input/output with corresponding devices. A USB drive, or USB Mass Storage Device, is one such device that uses USB to allow itself to store certain amounts of data (ex. 4GB of data).

How a GB of data looks compared to a TB of data?

Check your metric system unit multiplier prefixes. Giga- (G) means 1E9 in scientific notation. Tera- (T) means 1E12 in scientific notation.

A GB is thus 1/1000th of a TB.

This is analogous to these examples:

  • a meter is 1/1000th of a kilometer
  • the height of a person 5 feet 3.36 inches tall is 1/1000th of a mile
  • a penny is 1/1000th of $10
  • two pounds is 1/1000th of a ton
  • etc.

What are the main categories of optical laser disks?

Main categories of optical laser disks are CD-ROM,WORM Disk/CD-Record able(CD-R) Disks,CD Read/Write(CD-RW) Disk,Digital Video(or Versatile)Disk(DVD).