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A typical cheap [IDE] hard disk drive these days might cost around NZ$200 for 40-60 [GibiByte]s of data. [SCSI] drives are typically slightly more expensive.
The standard method of measuring large amounts of data (in the mainstream media) appears to be ''[LibraryOfCongress|LOC]'' x ''n''.
+To appreciate how far storage technology has come, look at the size of [a 4 megabyte disk platter | http://www.wlug.org.nz/archive/images/platter-lowres.jpg?] used at StanfordUniversity in the 1960s; there a $1 note in the lower-right corner to give you an idea of the platter's size. The black mark around it is from a disk head crash (!!).
-[This image|http
://www.wlug.org.nz/archive/images/platter-lowres.jpg?
] is a disk platter used at StanfordUniversity in the 1960s. I put a $1 note in the lower-right corner to give you an idea of the platter's size. This platter could store 4 megabytes of data. The black mark around it is from a disk head crash (!!).
+See also
:
+* DrivePartitioning
+* BackupNotes
+* FileSystems
+* Category:DiskNotes
+* [HowToUltraDMA
]
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-See also DrivePartitioning, BackupNotes, FileSystems, Category:DiskNotes and [HowToUltraDMA].
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CategoryHardware]
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