Secondary Storage

Magnetic

Oldest

Floppy Disks

Read By Moving Head Inside Disk

Hard Disks

Read By Moving Head Inside Disk

Tapes

Read By Moving Tape Past Read - Write Head

Cheap

Slow To Read Due To Moving Parts

Vunerable To Damage

Optical Storage Media

Read By Lasers

A laser can edit or read a spining disks, determining if Different Parts Reflect Laser

CDs and DVDs

Less Storage Than Magnetic

Solid State

Newest

USB Memory Sticks

Removable Ussually Called Flash Storage

Internal Solid State

Cheap And Small

Rapid Development

No Moving Parts

Reliable

Stores Data Not Currently Being Used By Ram

Programmes Not Being Used That Are Installed On The Computer

Saved Files And Documents

The Operating System

Permanent Storage

Non - Volatile

Used By Loading Files Onto RAM