TAG: disk,Glossary

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Cable Select (CSEL)
An alternative option which can be used in place of setting Master/Slave jumpers in the designation of drives in a dual drive configuration. Master/Slave designation is based on the position of the drives relative to the cable. Special cabling is required by the system manufacturer to selectively ground the CSEL signal on one of the IDE cable connectors. For ex...

TAG: Glossary,computer

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Access
Retrieval of data from or transfer of data into a storage device or area such as RAM or a register.

Access Time
The amount of time, including seek time, latency and controller time, needed for a storage device to retrieve information.

Active Partition
The partition of the drive that contains the operating system. If the drive has multiple parti...

TAG: windows,xp,firewall

Microsoft Windows XP comes pre-installed with a software firewall utility, although by default this feature is not enabled. Below are steps that can be followed to enable or disable this feature in Windows XP home and professional. If you're looking for information about disabling a different firewall or anti-virus firewall see below:

Enabling the Windows XP firewall
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TAG: system,directory,windows

Inf directory:
[Win 9.x/ME/2000] This is the installing files' directory. When we install the driver, the Operating System will mention us to appoint the corresponding Inf file. It's very easy to use such files. Select the files and choose the "Install" option in right click menu.

Java directory:
[Win 9.x/ME/2000] This directory contains some files Java files. It includes t...

TAG: system,directory,windows

Cookies directory:
[Win 9.x/ME] This is some information which was stored in the hard disk when you browse some website. It includes the user name, the user information, the websites etc.
[Win 2000] Each user has a Cookies directory. This directory was stored in each user's catalog of Documents and Setting directory.

Cursors directory:
[Win 9.x/ME/2000] This is the mou...

TAG: system,directory,windows

We use the Windows Operating System every day. But do you know what the system directory is? This article will tell you what the system directory is in Win 9.x Win ME Win 2000. And this article includes how to use the system directory and the function of the system directory.

The system directory is a place where the Operating System stored its main files. These files in system direc...

TAG: anti-virus,worm,update

Malicious users create thousands of computer viruses, worms and other threats and release them in the network. Therefore, to make your computer more secure and becoming infected, you should have anti-virus program installed on your machine.

However, if you have not updated your computer and anti-virus scanner, it would be of no use in defending the viruses' attack.

Ultim...

TAG: windows 9.x,boot up,memory,OS

There are some reasons:

1.    The Memory isn't enough. For Windows 95/98, there must be 32MB in Memory at least.

2.    The Data Transfer Rate is so slow. This situation often occurs in installing the newest Operating System in the "oldest" computer. (Because the capacity of hard disk is small, the data transfer rate is slow; but the capacity o...

TAG: hard disk,growth,RAMAC

The first hard disk drive on the planet, the r.a.m.a.c (random access memory for accounting and control), was made by IBM in the nineteen fifties. It was as big as a large wardrobe and could contain a capacity of five whole megabytes! The archaic machine cost about fifty thousand US dollars at the time. The price now per gigabyte of memory when talking about hard disk drives less than a dollar,...

TAG: physical,structure,hard disk

HD consists of platter, control circuit board and interface parts.

A hard disk is a sealed unit containing a number of platters in a stack. Hard disks may be mounted in a horizontal or a vertical position. In this description, the hard drive is mounted horizontally.

Electromagnetic read/write heads are positioned above and below each platter. As the platters spin, the ...