Labels:box | bulletin board | cabinet | comic book | door | earth | hakham | land | plant | road | sky | stove | windowpane OCR: 4-20 COM PUTER FIL ES AND DATA STORAGE Hard Disk Storage How can a hard disk be the same size as a floppy. but store so much more data? Hard storage IS the preferred type of main stora age for most computer systems because provides faster access to files than floppy or Zip drives A hard disk platter flat rigid made 01 aluminum or glass and coated with I magnetic oxide hard disk one or more platters pue their associated read- -write heads You will frequently see the terms hard disk and hard disk arive used inte rchangeably You might also hear the term fixec disk used to refer to hard disks InfoWet Microcomputer hard platters are typically 31/ inches in diameter- -the same size as the circular in a However, the storage capacity of hard far exceeds s that floppy Also, the access time of hard ...
