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OCR: COMPUTEP HARDWARE SECTION Today's personal computers use variety Qf on the surface of CDs, DVDs, or BDs Storage technologies storage technologies storage technolo- such as CD are often used for distribut- gies, such as hard disks, floppy disks, and tapes, store data ing software but you cannot alter the disk's contents magnetized particles A hard disk drive provides multiple technology allows vou to write data on for data storage that are sealed inside CD DVD or BD but you cannot delete or change that data. the drive case to prevent airborne contaminants from interfering Rerecordable technology allows with the read-write heads Hard disks are less durable than you write and erase data on CD DVD BD many other types of storage so it is important to make copy state storage technologies such as ...