Chapter 10. Removable Storage
The Role of Removable-media Drives
Since the mid-1980s, the primary storage device used by computers has been the hard disk drive. However, for data backup, data transport between computers, and temporary storage, secondary removable storage devices such as removable media hard drives, floptical drives, magneto-optical drives, flash memory devices, tape drives, and even the ages-old floppy drive have been useful supplements to primary storage. Pure optical storage—such as CD, DVD, HD-DVD, and Blu-ray—can also be used as a supplement to hard disk storage as well as for primary storage. You’ll find them covered in Chapter 11, “Optical Storage.”
The options for purchasing removable devices vary. Some removable-media drives ...
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