Understanding What Your Disk Drive Does
You use magnetic storage to store applications and data for long periods of time or when the computer is turned off. Magnetic-storage media include floppy disks and hard disks. Floppy disks are removable and don't contain much space. Hard disks are internal to the computer and have much larger amounts of space.
The hard disk you store your data and programs on does not have to reside in the computer at your desk. If you are connected to a network, you can access information stored on the hard disk in the file server, the computer that serves the clients on the network. When you start an application or open a data file, the computer places a copy of the information stored in magnetic storage (on floppy disks ...
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