Hard drives, keyboards, dvd-roms, these are all devices withing you computer that are explained in this section. Also, we show you how these devices communicate with the rest of your computer, via interfaces like ATA/66, or SCSI (pronounced "scuzzy"). Whether you are new to computers and are just wondering how the data stays on your system after you unplug it, or know plenty already, but don't know the nitty gritty facts, we tell all.

Hard Drives Summary Construction Storage and Operation Disk Geometry Partition Types Data Encoding Floppy Disk Construction Interface SCSI Fibre Channel / FC-AL IDE/ATA USB Parallel Port Serial Port FDI Firewire/ IEEE-1394 Optical Basics Storage Mediums Storage Devices CD Formats Disk Copy Protection Peripherals Keyboards Mice RAID RAID Basics RAID Modes