Hard Drives

Hard drives are integral non-volatile electronic data storage units inside computers.  Traditionally hard-wired into the computer, they also include removeable hard disks or drives.  Hard drives are also called hard disks, hard disk drives or fixed disk drives. Most computers have one hard drive located inside the computer case.  If a computer has one hard drive, it is usually called drive C.  If a computer has additional hard drives, they are called drives D, E, F, etc.  The amount of information a hard drive can store is measured in bytes.  Removable cartridges are hard disks encased in a metal or plastic cartridge, so they can be removed just like a floppy disk. Removable cartridges are very fast, though usually not as fast as fixed hard drives.  Common types include the Iomega Jaz and Zip drives.

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