The Hard Drive

The hard drive or hard disk is where all your downloaded files, saved files, programs and Operating System is stored. Without the hard drive the computer will say ‘’reboot and select proper boot device or insert bootable media and press any key’’

When you put in a hard drive you have to put in an operating system disc other wise it would show the message above (The red text)

    When you are choosing a hard drive with at least 160GB of storage and at least 16MB of buffer memory. The buffer memory is what the drive uses to speed up data access. The more buffer memory, the faster file access.

       When you download or save files, you hard drive can be prone to viruses. Sometimes downloaded files can have a virus hidden in them. Once it is infected, the virus can duplicate itself and hides in lots off different places. It can even corrupt your hard drive!