is a disk drive an example of a secondary storage device?  true or false?
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False it is a primary storage device atleast for most computers. Secondary storage would be something like a CD-R or DVD-R
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Sata-1 would be a good place for the primary drive. When you expand add to 2, 3 , etc.
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The faster the disk turns the less time waiting for disk to turn to where data is waiting. With an external drive it may not be as important as the throughput could be limited by the interface used.
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hdd/ cd drive /floppy etc which is physical are physical storage media \n\nyou can reaad a article here\nhttp://www.cs.sfu.ca/CC/354/han/material/notes/354notes-chapter7/node3.html\nfor more info\nthanks\nregards\nislaminamdar@yahoo.com\njoin my randomizer www.allyours.info\ninamdarinfotech.com\nps. dont 4get to vote for best answer
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Fixed Disk, as opposed to floppy disk
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Nope, you shouldn't.  But just to be safe, whenever I have done this, I always back up important data. As a matter of fact,  since there is such a high rate of disk failure,  its always good practice to back up your important files.
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Any disc that has been finalized will show 0 bytes remaining for space. Any drive that does not have a disc installed in it will show 0 bytes remaining. This is by design and there's nothing to clear.
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A hard drive (or hard disc) is the primary storage device on a modern computer. The word 'hard' refers to the fact that the disc is physically ridget, and also that it is hidden inside the computer and cannot be casually touhed or taken out (like a floppy disc can be) Hard discs are almost always the largest storage mediums available on a particular computer system and are the discs where the operating system and most other programs are installed.
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yes.  You can store all of your personal things on the non primary partition so that when you format or restore those files will still be there.
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it is a drive that can read/write dvds and read/write cds ...saves space if you dont have room for multiple drives and really want to be able to write both dvds and cds
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USB External hard drives are very affordable and have the advantage of being portable. Another alternative is copying your data to a DVD(s). Then store them offsite in case of a fire or other disaster.
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There are hardware adapters that you can plug two drives into, making them appear as one drive to the host computer.  If you are trying to fake-out a Netgear box that's probably what I'd try.  \n\nSome of the file-sharing appliances include a "backup" function that will duplicate your primary drive nightly to a secondary drive of the same size.  While not RAID 1, it would limit your risk of loss.\n\nThe CHEAPEST way to do this would be soft-RAID on your PC...but I doubt you'd like the performance.  A close second would be to stick any of the Promise-based IDE RAID controllers into your desktop and attach the drives to it.
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The letters A: and B: are reserved for use by floppy drives only - however, since the drive isn't connected through the FDC, it will most likely get assigned the next regular drive letter (E: or whatever), instead of B:.  The drivers have special permissions to override the BIOS restrictions and take letter A: if it's not in use, but I'm pretty sure if you already have an A, it won't be able to take B:.
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No.  \nCD and DVDs are no based on magentic material like hard drives and floppy disks.
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I'm going to presume that you mean as compared to other media. Large sized hard drives are relatively inexpensive and compact (imagine one hundred Ipods or one hundred DVDs next to a 500 gigabyte hard disk). However, they do have a limited life span (I can't give you any figures, but each time you write something to a hard disk you are hastening it's departure from this world), and they are quite sensitive to shock.
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A storage unit that is organized by a specific name on a computer
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The secondary slave drive is the second drive on the second IDE chain. Unless your computer has four physical drives in it (not including a floppy drive), you probably need to go into the BIOS and shut off checking for that drive. The BIOS is also called Setup and usually when you first start the PC it will tell you what button to press. Go into the BIOS and see if you can disable checking for that drive.\n\nWhat is probably happening is the BIOS is set to expect a drive in that position, but if you don't have one the computer sees it as an error. If you need more help you may want to see if someone can have a look at the PC because its hard to tell you exactly what to do without being there.\n\nThe IDE chains are setup as Primary Master, Primary Slave, Secondary Master, Secondary Slave, because the Primary Primary, Primary Secondary, Secondary Primary, and Secondary Secondary would be confusing. Not that its not already confusing.