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The capability of saving your data in one location and bringing it to another location is a luxury that can be taken for granted.
 
The capability of saving your data in one location and bringing it to another location is a luxury that can be taken for granted.
 
That is until you don't have it.
 
That is until you don't have it.
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And from time to time we will get an odd request for these devices.
 
And from time to time we will get an odd request for these devices.
  
The way that we have stored our electronic data over the years has changed from; paper-tape to 8'' Floppy disks to DVDs.
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The way that we have stored our electronic data over the years has changed a lot - from paper to tape to 8" Floppy disks to DVDs. In this lesson we would like you to familiarize yourself with these forms of data storage and the jargon that is related to them.
 
 
In this area we would like you to familiarize your self with these forms of data storage, the jargon that is related to them.
 
  
 
Some of the more common drives that you will see here at Free Geek are listed below.
 
Some of the more common drives that you will see here at Free Geek are listed below.
 
  
  

Revision as of 12:18, 24 February 2009

Drive Identification

The capability of saving your data in one location and bringing it to another location is a luxury that can be taken for granted. That is until you don't have it.

Some of the drives that you will run in to at Free Geek we will discuss here. While much of this technology is obsolete there are still enthusiast out there that love this technology. And from time to time we will get an odd request for these devices.

The way that we have stored our electronic data over the years has changed a lot - from paper to tape to 8" Floppy disks to DVDs. In this lesson we would like you to familiarize yourself with these forms of data storage and the jargon that is related to them.

Some of the more common drives that you will see here at Free Geek are listed below.


5 1/4 Floppy drive
   *Front
   *Sides
   *Back
   *Write Medium Description
3 1/2 Floppy drive
   *Front
   *Sides
   *Back
   *Write Medium Description
DAT Tapes
   *Front
   *Sides
   *Back
   *Write Medium Description
Zip drive
   *Front
   *Sides
   *Back
   *Write Medium Description
CD Drive
   *Front
   *Sides
   *Back
   *Write Medium Description
CD R/RW Drive
   *Front
   *Sides
   *Back
   *Write Medium Description
DVD drive
   *Front
   *Sides
   *Back
   *Write Medium Description
DVD R/RW drive
   *Front
   *Sides
   *Back
   *Write Medium Description