i have been told conputers use harddrives,

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Anonymous Poster	i have been told conputers use harddrives, 12/30/2007 5:09 AM
	i have enquired about the softdrives. where are the softdrives fitted too the monitor
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Hendrik Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Centurion, South Africa Posts: 3921 Good Answers: 97	#1 Re: i have been told computers use harddrives, 12/30/2007 6:47 AM
	A hard drive is a magnetic storage device mostly found inside the computer. It is called hard because it uses metal platters to store the info on. Soft drives use plastic media covered with a metal oxide to store the data. It can be floppies or tape drives both available in an wide range of shapes and sizes. On the first computers these were the only storage drives available and some of them was placed in the same box as the screen. These soft-drives are nowadays replaced by more reliable flash drives , memory sticks, CD's , DVD's and even portable hard drives. __________________ Never do today what you can put of until tomorrow - Student motto
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Sparkstation Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Christchurch, (The Garden City), South Island, New Zealand Posts: 4395 Good Answers: 230	#2 In reply to #1 Re: i have been told computers use harddrives, 01/03/2008 4:47 AM
	Hello Hendrik, There wasn't much else I could say, in answer to the Question. You gave a good answer to an unusual question, so I gave you a "Good Answer" mark, for your patience and accuracy. Kind Regards..... __________________ "The number of inventions increases faster than the need for them at the time" - SparkY
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Anonymous Poster	#3 Re: i have been told conputers use harddrives, 01/03/2008 6:11 PM
	i read cr4 is good manner to reply. thankyou hendiks for help with my anser.
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