CHAPTER 9Removable Media

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Objective 9.01 Floppy Drives

Objective 9.02 Flash Memory

Objective 9.03 Optical Drives

Objective 9.04 External Drives

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Removable media refers to any type of mass-storage device that you can use in one system and then physically remove from that system and use in another. As a PC technician, you’ll need to install, maintain, and troubleshoot removable media on users’ systems, but you’ll also use removable media to store and run software tools to perform all types of PC support.

This chapter covers the most common types of removable media used today. For the sake of organization, all removable media fall ...

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