The best capacity for a new hard disk is 3Gb to 3.6Gb, which should give you sufficient room for growth over the next 18 months. After capacity, a drive's minimum sustained data rate is the most important specification to look for. A data rate of 3.5Mbps should prove adequate for most desktop PC applications, although multimedia developers should look for a rate of about 5Mbps. M Bsales Removeable drives 3.5in. A capacity of 230Mb is good for large files like video clips.
Some drives are portable.
The popularity and portability of this 100Mb drive make it easy to share Zip disks with others and take the drive on the road with you. An alternative to a floppy disk drive, this reads standard floppy disks but can also write to proprietary 120Mb disks. Tape A range of choices for personal and network backup, from 800Mb desktop drives to 8Gb server solutions. Tape is slower and less versatile than other types of drive, but has a much lower cost per megabyte. All rights reserved.