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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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set the faster drive to master jumper settings only if it has a working OS on it if not then it wont matter. just remember whichever drive you're using to boot your OS from is the one you have set on master and the second drive should be set to slave jumper settings.
How to fix samsung dvd-r155 disk drive?
I have a DVD R155/EUR for repair (I am a Engineer of Electronics). This DVD will not power up, no standby indicator, little rec LED on, 240volt ac power present at PAWT1 plug and fuse PAFT1 T2AH250V
Rectifyer diodes OK but no power anywhere else.
Question: Do you know of any common problem that I may be able to rectify, perhaps a resistor or capacitor I could check
Thanks,
Jovan.
Does the Acer aspire 5251 have a DVD CD burner?
acer aspire 5515 has a 8x DVD rw in it . so yes you can burn CD and DVD.
What is the best USB in the world?
USB is a design specification, not a physical object. There are no USBs in the world, therefore there is no best one.
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What is the Flexible plastic film inside the rigid plastic 3.5-inch outer cover of floppy disks?
according to my discovering computers 2008 the answer is MYLAR
Why does operating system go to RAM after it leaves the storage device?
CPUs can only operate on data that is stored in a "register" (a special type of memory inside the CPU), the "cache" (memory next to or just inside the CPU), and RAM (referred to as system memory), and it can also read or write data to "ports" which are connected to various buses all over the system. Each time a port is read from or written to, the source or destination must be either a register or system memory (which may also come from the cache).
All other data in the system is inaccessible to the CPU until it is loaded into one of these three areas (the registers are the fastest type of memory, and system memory is the slowest type of CPU-addressable memory). A hard drive is not directly accessible to the CPU; it has to request the data from the hard drive, and place that data into RAM. Traditionally, this data came in through a data port, and was placed in memory by the CPU. Modern systems use a DMA controller to place the files into memory, allowing the CPU to perform other tasks while it waits for the files to load.
Since the CPU can only work with data stored in system memory, or within its internal memory, the operating system must reside in RAM in order to be useful to the CPU. A typical boot sequence becomes: the BIOS initiates a predetermined call to a hard drive or removable media to locate bootable code (a "boot loader"), which in turn prepares some memory, initializes hardware, etc, then loads the core of the OS into memory, and finally that core loads the rest of the operating system files that it needs to manage the computer.
Storage devices are there only to store data while the computer is powered off. They are not designed to provide immediate access to data, and the CPU is not designed to treat storage devices as immediately accessible data.
How do you attach a DVD burner to the laptop computer or can you?
Yes, you can do it but:
If the laptop has a DVD burner slot you just slip it there and it is done.
If not, then you want to buy an external burner that is usually connected with Laptop via USB cable.
"Collectively, the methods used to improve performance and automatically recover from a failure are called RAID(redundant array of inexpensive disks or redundant array of independent disks).
(Pg. 480, A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC)
Can a DVD burner burn DVD-r but not DVD-rw?
A normal DVD burner should can burn both DVD-r and DVD-rw.
What three sizes did floppy disk come in?
They used to. The current 3.5" size and the Dynasaur 5.25" but both are becoming extinct and replaced by the cdrom's, flash drives, & smart cards.
Can you increase the storage capacity of DVR?
If your DVR has an eSATA or Firewire port on the back, it is sometimes possible to attach a regular external hard drive for computers to it to expand the storage space. After formatting the external hard drive for the DVR, your DVR is most likely to restart recording TV shows into either its internal hard drive or external that you attached depending on which has more available storage space. Consult with your DVR's owner's manual. Note that you will not be able to take out the recordings from the external hard drive using a computer as the external hard drive has to be formatted FOR the DVR in such a way that the computer cannot see / access it.
Ok you need a dual layer DVD burner and dual layer discs to write to 8.5 gig DVD's
Nero burning ROM will do the job as long as you have the propper discs and burner.
Use Nero express and write as data DVD.
Describe how you measure storage devices capacity?
The capacity of storage devices is measured in megabytes, gigabytes, terabytes, etc.
Presario v3500 Could not find the media device for the drver?
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What is Primary storage in a motherboard?
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usually its the ROM. if you think about it, RAM is teh primary storage on a mother board. many people prefer ROM as it also contains BIOS of the motherboard.
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What is the difference between holographic versatile disk and Blu-ray disk?
Well, it seems that HVDs have a faster transfer rate (125 Megabytes/second) than Blu-Ray (54 megabytes/second). They also have higher storage (6 Terabytes) than Blu-Ray (100 Gigabytes max, dual-layer).
Why does my webcam make a weird noise when I talk to friends?
your web cam makes a weird noise because of the web cam not you the web cam mic normally has a bit of a bad pick up so the more money you spend on it the less of the noise it will make. so if you speak clearly it will not make as much of a problem
