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Removable and Fixed Disks

Posted on January 18, 2012 by admin

Disk packs can be inserted into a disk drive for temporary’ use or installed permanently within the drive. Such disks are called removable disk or fixed disks, respectively. Removable disks lend versatility to disk use. Because disks can be inserted … Continue reading →

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Magnetic Disk Storage

Posted on January 13, 2012 by admin

Disk drives are equipped with read/write heads ;hat convert the magnetized spots on disk into a binary code. As the disk spins inside the drive, the read/write head passes over the surface of the disk. The head writes data on … Continue reading →

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Optical Disk Storage

Posted on January 11, 2012 by admin

The computer Industry is always looking for more-efficient ways of saving data. New Storage technologies using optical disks exceed the storage capacities currently available with magnetic disks of the same size. Optical storage techniques, used by computers are basically the … Continue reading →

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