Drives - Worksheet 1


DIRECTIONS:  Answer the following questions.

1.  In a typical PC today, how many IDE devices can be installed?

 

2.  List 3 IDE devices that can be installed in a PC.

 Device
 1
 2
 3

 

3.  If there are two devices on an IDE cable, one device must be set to be a __________ and the other device must be set to be a ___________.

4.  When installing an IDE ATA-66 or ATA-100 drive, what is important about the ribbon cable?

 

5.  Can all PCs take advantage of the increased performance of an IDE ATA-66 or ATA-100 hard drive?  Why or why not?

 

6.  What are the 3 capacity limitations (in MB or GB) of drive partition sizes of older BIOSs?

 Size Limitation
 1
 2
 3