Wednesday December 1st

 

Final Exam Review Warm-up
Notes on Hard Drives - PATA, SATA, SSD
Complete Floppy Disk Drives Part II
Anatomy of a Hard Drive - Lab
Here are the links for the lab - PC Guide Inside the HD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpendicular_recording
http://www.samsungssd.com/meetssd/whyssd
Hard Drive Web Assignment - HD Index  , Tracks,  Sectors , Zoned Bit Recording
Complete Hard Drive Installation Prelab - Links PCMechanic

 

Homework

Begin preparing your one page of notes for the final exam.

 

What

Career Technical Education Standards
B. Computer Hardware, Electrical, and Networking Engineering Pathway
B4.2 Install and configure essential computer hardware and software components.

 

Why

Replacing or upgrading the hard drive on a PC is a common task in tech support.
 

How

Complete Anatomy of a Hard Drive and HD Install labs and Hard Drives handout.