1. Drive Letters and Storage Options

2. NameAbbreviationHow many bytes? bitb1/8 th of a Byte ByteB1 Byte KilobyteKB1,000 Bytes MegabyteMB1,000,000 Bytes (1,000 Kilobytes) GigabyteGB1,000,000,000 Bytes (1,000 MB) TerabyteTB1.000.000.000.000 Bytes (1,000 GB)

3. Computers generally use the same letters for certain drives A:\ B:\ 3 ½ Inch Obsolete 5 ¼ inch Obsolete

4. C:\ D:\

5. E, F, G…

6.  CDs and DVDs

7. CDs hold about 700 MB of data (that’s less than 1 GB!) DVDs hold about 4.7GB of data (that’s more than 6 CDs!)

8.  R = READ  RW = READ AND WRITE

9. DeviceHow much can it hold? Is it reusable? How is the data placed on the device? How can data be lost? CD-R700MBNoBurningScratched/ broken CD-RW700 MBYesBurningScratched/ broken DVD-R4.7 GBNoBurningScratched/ broken DVD-RW4.7 GBYesBurningScratched/ broken Flash DriveUp to 128 GBYesDrag and Drop Water/ magnetics

10. Letter drive Kind of StorageCapacityObsolete? A:3 ½” Floppy1.44 MB (.00144 GB) Yes B:5 ¼” Floppy360 KB (.000360 GB) Yes C:Hard Disk Drive2TB + (2,000 GB) No D:CD/DVD/BluRay700MB/4.7GB/ 128GB No E:, F:, G, etc. Various128GB Max Currently No

11.  Go to my website and download the file called Review for PC and Storage  Complete all three tabs, including the Open Response.  Submit your review when you are done.