1. Primary And Secondary Storage
... is configured. Primary storage is storage that the computer needs to run. It is where the system files are located, the dos, windows, or winnt folder in a Microsoft operating system. Secondary storage is extra space, for archives such as media files. Secondary storage is not a necessity for a system to operate, but more of a convenience. Now I said that a hard drive could be both primary ... and secondary storage. This can be done by partitioning it, or in other words, dividing it into multiple "drives". Typically, the primary storage would be the first partition, while secondary would ...
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