Title: Supporting Hard Drives & I/O Devices
Course: CTS1131 Hardware Configuration > Section: Module 3 - Supporting Hard Drives & I/O Devices

Introduction

Computer hardware continuously evolves as storage requirements increase along with the demands of fast performance, multitasking capabilities, and highly interactive user interfaces typically found in modern operating systems. Hard drive technology has significantly changed over the last ten years and its configuration requires both hardware and software settings that are different based on the technology used and the need for fault tolerance operation. In addition, without input devices data and instructions can’t be entered and without output devices the computational processes performed on the data can’t be observed. In this module you will learn about the interface technologies that facilitate the connections between hard drive storage, the motherboard and its I/O devices that interact with the computer user.

Objectives

At the end of this module you will be able to:

- Describe hard drive technologies and interface standards
- Install and configure hard drive storage
- Describe and configure hard drive fault tolerance
- Support I/O devices and computer peripherals

Readings & Resources

Textbook: Chapter 5 Supporting Hard Drives pp. 189-230

Textbook: Chapter 6 Supporting I/O and Storage Devices pp. 237-290