What is a disk? Computer for beginners

Solid state drives are gradually replacing laser and magnetic disks from everyday life. Nevertheless, finally this will not happen soon. The article describes the types of computer disks.

What is a disk?

Disks have long and firmly entered our lives. But most of us come across CDs, and they don’t even have a clue that there are other types of them. So what are they, and how do they differ from each other? Let's start our small “educational program” and finally we will understand what a disk is and what it can be. We recall the discs from the nineties (CD), and from the two thousandth (DVD), and many others.

what is a disk




Compact discs (cd)

- Philips 1979 . CD , 74 . - . CD . , .

- . , Windows «» 600 , CD . «» DVD-. : CD-R (read only) – CD-RW (readable/writeable) – . , CD-RW.





external hard




DVD- BlueRay-

CD- DVD- 4,7 . . avi. Windows 7 . DVD- .

BlueRay- --. BlueRay Full HD. - BlueRay? . .

«». «». , BlueRay, .

(, HDD)

, . (HDD). HDD?

HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 1973 . 16 . . 30 30 . - «». . HDD 2 . .









boot disk




HDD «», . « ». , . «» HDD 5 , , HDD . 2 .

, HDD. , . HDD , , . BlueRay- 100 , DVD-RW – 30-35 , CD , 20 .

, . HDD , , HDD. , .

HDD USB- 2 . . : 2,5 3,5 . 250-500 , 3,5- HDD 2 . , 3,5- HDD « » 220 . , .

cd drive




– USB 3.0. - , USB 2.0. , HDD . , , .

, HDD , . , .

. , . , Windows, Linux MacOS.

laptop drive




USB-. UltraISO USB DVD-. . .

Reanimator

- Reanimator. Reanimator? . , «» . , , , .

Windows 2000 Windows XP. , . "" .

"" «» . . "" CD. . USB- . "" , «» . "". . « ». .

how much is the drive




So, in this article we looked at what a disk is and what it can be. We reviewed compact disks (CDs), DVDs, BlueRay, hard drives (HDDs) for PC and laptop, external hard drives and boot options. Of course, all of them are outlined in general terms. To describe all the nuances and types of discs, one article is not enough. But still, in general terms, this information should help to figure out which one is intended for what.




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