Got Storage? - Episode 35

...and I'm not talking about your basement or your hall closet! I'm talking about storage for all those pictures, audios, videos and miscellaneous text documents you have on your computer that are slowly but surely eating up the space on your hard drive. What's a digital packrat to do?

Kristi and I discussed several topics related to data storage, including:

• Memory vs Storage - Is there a difference?
• Types of Storage - Primary, Secondary and Network Storage
• Storage Characteristics - Volitile vs Non-Volitile, Random vs Sequential Access, Read vs Read/Write
• Storage Capacity - How much is enough?
• Storage Devices and Media:
• Hard disk (internal and external)
• USB Flash
• Floppy disk
• CD-R and DVD-R
• CD-RW and DVD-RW

We also shared a new website of the week: The Richard Show, a great video blog

Our Tip of the Week: How to Automatically Login to Windows XP

Cool Tools of the Week:

• ZYB.com - Back up your mobile phone for FREE online!
• GMail Drive Shell Extension - Use your Gmail account as additional storage!

Even if you have lots of storage available to keep all your pictures, movies, music and other stuff, don't neglect regular housecleaning! We'll be discussing how you can maintain good PC health on our next show. After all, we all know what happens to that hall closet if you don't keep the contents under control...