Exam Essentials
Be familiar with the components of a conventional hard drive system and the anatomy of a hard drive. Most of today’s hard drive systems consist of an integrated controller and disc assembly that communicates to the rest of the system through an external host adapter. The hard disk drives consist of many components that work together, some in a physical sense and others in a magnetic sense, to store data on the disc surfaces for later retrieval.
Get to know the newer solid-state drives. SSDs continue to grow in popularity and will likely replace conventional drives as they become more reliable and less expensive.
Know the technology of floppy drives. Become familiar with the various floppy diskette capacities and the technology ...
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