Storage and Drives
If you're creating a bare-bones computer system, you'll need a minimum of a hard drive and a CD-ROM drive. Many people, however, also like to stock their machines with floppy drives, DVD drives, and CD/DVD burners. We'll recommend some configurations using these drives and burners in later chapters.
Floppy Drives
Yes, floppy drives are going the route of the dinosaur, but they're not extinct yet, and therefore, we recommend that you install one (Figure 2.9). Floppy drives used to be the only way to get files from one computer to another. These days, they're used mainly for software installation or as a backup to external drives and CD-ROMs. Although many computers no longer come with floppy drives, we recommend you install ...
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