Media Storage Devices - Choosing a Storage Device

p>Media storage devices are capable of preservingpersonal computer without much of a hassle.
data, images, audio and video files of large sizes in aWriteable and rewriteable compact disks (what a
comparatively small area. The evolution of the mediamouthful) or popularly known as CDR and CDRW
storage devices right from the 64 KB floppy disk withmedia storage devices have a capacity to store
its huge size (5 ¾ inches) to the present dayaround 800 MB of data, audio, or video files. Since
pen drives having a capacity 80GB has taken placemost of the personal computers are configured to
within this decade.have a CD ROM Drive, it is very easy to transfer or
Since many of the media storage devices which wereread the files from any personal computer. The
very popular a few years ago have now becomeCDRW media can be reused again and again after
totally obsolete, we will start from the hard disk and zipdeleting the files written earlier.
drive which set a trend in removable media storageThe wonder of wonders among the media storage
device.device is the Pen Drive. It is also known as a USB
Hard disk is a fixed media storage devices lackingDrive. The pen drive can be connected very easily to
portability. When you buy a personal computer youthe Universal Serial Bus Port (USB port) of the
decide what should be the capacity of the hard diskpersonal computer and once connected; it becomes
which is fixed inside the personal computer. Theanother external drive of the system. The latest Pen
storage capacity of the hard disk is graduallyDrive has the capacity to store around 80 GB of
increasing as the days goes by – earlier, ainformation. Some of the fancier Pen drives are
decade ago, 2 GB hard disk was the largest storageavailable with a built in MP3 player and a voice
capacity possible. Now there are hard disks availablerecorder too. Conversations can be recorded in WAV
with a capacity to store 1 TB (Tetra Byte –format and later on can be transcribed to text using
equivalent to 1024 GB). Find more info at [the voice recognition software. Files can be written,
Zip drive or disk is one the most popular portabledeleted, transferred and rewritten in Pen Drives very
media storage device. Even though the highesteasily. Among all the media storage devices, a Pen
capacity available is around 600 MB, its portabilityDrive is the most compact, easy to use and
made it very popular. It can be attached to anyfunctionally versatile device.