Data storage

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  1. Golfism

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    Is data stored only on hard disks or is, in part, stored on hardware components too?
     
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    Data is only stored permanently in hard drives, or on CDs/DVDs that you record. It is stored temporarily in RAM, which is volatile so loses the information shortly after the machine is switched off.
     
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  3. Golfism

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    So if I've got some data that I need to take from my pc I just need to act with my hard disks because other hardware components haven't stored anything. Right?
     
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    I'm not sure what you mean, you could take the hard disk with you, but why not just put something on a USB stick instead?
     
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    or use an external hard drive if info is to big for usb stick.
     
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    yea but there isnt that much info that would be to large for a USB stick now-a-days. especially if you just get a 8 or 16 gig stick.
     
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    I have a few 2.5" hard drives in USB 2.0 enclosures, used as glorified USB sticks but they're a tad unreliable, they've lost data more than a few times so i prefer to stick to standard tried and trusted USB sticks (i have reliable 3.5" hard drives in enclosures but they're too bulky to carry around). A good alternative to USB sticks is/are SD cards, my largest one is only a 4GB standard card, at the moment but the performance is more than adequate so in the future i'll buy a 16GB or so SD card to keep in my 'man bag' for use as a glorified USB stick.
     
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