Flash Drive Mania by Brenda Fleen
All across the globe people are opting for technology that they could take along with them anywhere and everywhere. The trend even suggests that the more compact a device is, the better. Take a look at laptops and cellular phones, for example. Is it just me or are they getting smaller and... As a new and improved take on the floppy disc, the USB flash drive was developed. ... For those of you who don't know what a USB Flash Drive is yet, it is commonly defined as a compact and portable hard drive that is convenient and universal.

Lapping It Up by Alan Jason Smith
The idea of a laptop, or portable, computer was first conceived by Alan Kay, who worked for Xerox, at its Research Center in Palo Alto CA. He called it a Dynabook. He wasn't the first to offer a completed laptop computer for public consumption, however. ... Disk drives - The newest laptop versions will have DVD or CD drives and no floppy drive. ... If that's the case, rather than back up all over again you may want to purchase an external floppy drive for your laptop. ... The Apple llc had an 8088 microprocessor, 256 kilobytes of memory (certainly tiny by today's standard but a massive...

Why Build Your Own Computer System by Jeff Heaton
Have you ever thought about building your own computer system? Maybe you’ve heard friends talking about doing this sort of thing, but you were never sure what was involved. This article attempts to answer two questions. First, why would you want to build your own computer system? ... This would save money, as there is probably no reason to replace such devices as the CD-ROM drive, floppy drive, or even case of the old computer system. ... You will have purchased a case, motherboard, RAM, hard drive, CD-ROM drives, floppy drive, video card and audio card.

Media Storage Devices – Choosing a Storage Device by Lucy Bartlett
Media storage devices are capable of preserving data, images, audio and video files of large sizes in a comparatively small area. The evolution of the media storage devices right from the 64 KB floppy disk with its huge size (5 ¾ inches) to the present day pen drives having a capacity 80GB has... The pen drive can be connected very easily to the Universal Serial Bus Port (USB port) of the personal computer and once connected; it becomes another external drive of the system. ... It is also known as a USB Drive.

Data Recovery And File Recovery Tools by Sam Robert
Data recovery is used when serious situations and accidents occur to your system, like when hard drives has been formatted, or if you accidentally delete a file that you really need, which is no impossible, or it can also be used when a virus enters your system and deletes some of your files and... You can use data recovery software to recover information from your local hard drive, your extra hard drive, a floppy disk, a removable or portable hard drive, memory cards, and in most cases you could even use it to recover information from old CD’s.

Lifetime of a CD-ROM disk by Bob Rankin
How Long Will a CD or DVD Last? As with any backup medium (floppy disk, tape, CDROM, etc.) the lifetime of the data is an important consideration. Kodak has done extensive accelerated aging tests which indicate that their Infoguard CD-R should last 200 years. ... When was the last time you saw a computer with a 5.25 inch floppy drive? ... Even the 3.5 inch floppy is an endangered species, now that most computers are sold without them. ... Due to the chance that the filler may fall out over time and gum up your CDROM drive, you should make a copy of the repaired disk and discard the original.

How to Select A Hard Drive For Your PC by Peter Dobler
Deciding on the appropriate hard drive is a personal decision made according to an individual’s computing needs. These days, 20 gigabyte, up to 40 gig, 80 gig, 100 gig and even larger are common. When pricing hard drives, it is common to see very little price differences between smaller size... The original IBM PC commonly had a ten Meg or twenty Meg drive, and when the thirty Meg drive came out it was considered absolutely gigantic. ... The faster the better of course, but check out the price difference when going from a relatively slow hard drive to a faster drive and see if the price...

Backup Your Hard Drive Manually Or Automatically by Mike Furlong
Are you regularly backing up the hard drive on your PC? It has been said that there are two kinds of people ... those who have had a hard disk crash and those who will. I'll tell you some easy ways to protect your data. And I present my qualifications by saying that I have experience with data... Your CD or DVD writer probably came with software that lets you drag copies of data from the hard drive to the CD or DVD drive folder. ... If your system has a drive that supports writable CDs or DVDs you can manually backup your hard drive on this type of media.

Tell Me About Computers by Khal Nuwar
So you want to know about computers? The most important thing to remember, if you are new to computers, is not to be afraid of them. They are just another electrical appliance, and unless you do something drastic, I promise you they won't blow up in your face! ... Floppy Drive Floppy discs aren't floppy at all! ... Hard Disks I find hard disks funny, as they aren't really disks in the olden day's sense, originally hard disks were disks made of hard plastic, and floppy disks were floppy if you shook them.

Computer Parts Sales by Ken Marlborough
Before you purchase any computer parts, whether you are building your own computer or fix the one you have, be sure that you know what you are purchasing. You need to do some research in order to make the right choices in selecting the correct computer parts, installing them correctly, properly... If you are building your own computer, you will need the following parts: * Computer Case - Function * Computer Case - Selecting * Power Supply * Processor(CPU) along with the Heatsink/Fan * Motherboard * Hard Drive * Memory * Keyboard and Mouse * CD Drive * Floppy drive * PCI Cards *...