Removable-Media and Tape Drives
Removable-media drives bridge the capacity gap between floppy disks and hard drives. With capacities ranging from 100MB up to 20GB, they can be used for backup and primary data storage and for data transport between systems. Some types that connect to SCSI or ATA/IDE interfaces can be used as boot drives. Although many types of removable-media drives have been discontinued recently as low-cost rewritable optical storage has become very popular, you need to understand the major types of current and recent removable-media drives to be prepared for the A+ Certification Exam as well as your day-to-day work as a technician.
The major types of removable-media drives you should become familiar with include
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