So what do you know about drives?

What is the price of an internal floppy drive? An internal drive ranges from $15 to $30.
What kind of connections do external floppy disk drives use? They use a USB connection.
What is the price of an external drive? An external drive ranges from $20 -$40.
Why do you think external drives cost more than internal drives? They cost more because they have a outer casing, they use USB connectors, and they are portable.
What are the advantages of external drives? They are portable and they can be used with any computer.
What are the advantages of internal drives? They are cheaper and they are not easily dropped or damaged.

DMA : DMA is an abbreviation for Direct Memory Access. This describes a direct transfer mode from a hard drive to the memory of a computer. Also, there are seven different DMA modes that vary in levels of speed (0 being the slowest, and 7 being the fastest).

Low Level Formatting : A factory process that involves writing track and sector markings on to a IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) hard drive.

SATA : SATA is an abbreviation for Serial ATA. It is a cabling standard for drives that uses a serial data path when transferring information. The data is placed on a serial cable one bit after the other. The Serial ATA cable was developed by the, Serial ATA International Organization, and led by Intel.

ATA : ATA is an abbreviation for Advanced Technology Attachment. It is an interface standard that was designed to operate drives with a computer system. ATA was developed by, Technical Committee T13 and published by ANSI ( American National Standards Institute).

IDE : IDE is an abbreviation for Integrated Device Electronics. It is the technology behind what makes a hard drive work.