Drive Identification

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 While much of this technology is obsolete there are still enthusiast out there that love this technology.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 from; paper-tape to 8 Floppy disks to DVDs.

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.

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