Chapter 9. Flash and Removable Storage
Alternative Storage Devices
Since the mid-1980s, the primary storage device used by computers has been the hard disk drive. More recently, however, solid-state drives (SSDs), which use high-speed flash memory, are increasingly being used as hard drive replacements. Although SSDs can physically replace a hard disk drive (HDD), especially as a boot device, they operate using a completely different set of principles that can require a treatment unlike that used for conventional HDDs.
For data backup, data transport between computers, and temporary storage, secondary removable storage devices such as flash memory devices/drives, optical drives, magnetic tape drives, removable media hard drives, and even floppy ...
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