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Quarter 1 – Module 16 : Enumerating and Explaining the Types of Storage
Devices and Storage Media – Magnetic Storage Devices

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 Special Program in
Technical
Vocational
Internet and Computing
7
Fundamentals I

Quarter 1
Self-Learning Module 16
Enumerating and Explaining
the Types of Storage Device
and Storage Media –
Magnetic Storage Devices
Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the (Internet and Computing Fundamentals I) Self-Learning

Module on (Enumerating and Explaining the Types of Storage Devices and Storage
Media – Magnetic Storage Devices)!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through Mayor, Honorable
Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K to 12
Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in developing
this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
 For the Learner:

Welcome to the (Internet and Computing Fundamentals I) Self-Learning

Module on ((Enumerating and Explaining the Types of Storage Devices and Storage
Media – Magnetic Storage Devices)!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.
 EXPECTATIONS

At the end of the learning activity, the students should be able to:
A. Enumerate the types of magnetic storage devices;
B. Identify and explain the purpose of each magnetic storage devices; and
C. Appreciate the importance of each type of magnetic storage device.

PRETEST
Directions: Fill in the Blanks. Read the questions carefully and write the letter
of the best answer in the blank.

1. Hard drive is an example of _______________ storage device.

a. Magnetic c. Primary
b. Optical d. Secondary

2. The 5 ¼” floppy disk was later replaced with the _____________ floppy disk
drives with a storage capacity of between 360 KB and 1.44 MB of data.
a. 1 ½” c. 5 ¼”
b. 3 ½” d. 8”

3. The operating system, application software, and user’s file are some of the
data that can be stored in ______________.
a. Floppy Disk drive c. Magnetic Card
b. Hard disk drive d. SuperDisk

4. The original _______________ has a storage capacity of 120 MB on a single

disk the same size of a traditional 1.44 MB floppy diskette, then later were
capable of holding 240 MB.
a. Floppy Disk drive c. Magnetic Card
b. Hard disk drive d. SuperDisk

5. The ______________ contains a magnetic circular disk that holds

information. The advantage of this drive from the later models is its
capability to hold up to 100 MB of data or 250 MB of data.
a. Hard disk drive d. SuperDisk
b. Magnetic Card d. Zip drive
 RECAP
Directions: Read the questions carefully and encircle the letter of the best
answer.
1. Which output device below encloses sensors that track the movement of the
hands and fingers and these are replicated on the screen in the goggles?
a. Data glove c. Screen magnifier
b. Interactive whiteboard d. Screen reader

2. Which device has a software that interfaces with a computer's graphical output
to present bigger screen content?
a. Data glove c. Screen magnifier
b. Interactive whiteboard d. Screen reader

3. What output device is designed to allow even totally blind people to use the
computer and can translate the text and icons to speech so one can use a
computer without wanting to see the monitor?
a. Interactive whiteboard c. Screen reader
b. Screen magnifier d. Voice synthesizer

4. These are text-to-speech systems used with computers. It can be a card that
is inserted into the computer or a box attached to the computer. Which output
device is being described above?
a. Interactive whiteboard c. Screen reader
b. Screen magnifier d. Voice synthesizer

5. It is also generally known as an Interactive board or Smartboards, a huge

interactive display in the form factor of a whiteboard. What output device is
it?
a. Interactive whiteboard c. Screen reader
b. Screen magnifier d. Voice synthesizer
 LESSON - Enumerating and Explaining
the Types of Storage Device
and Storage Media
Subtopic: Magnetic Storage Devices

STORAGE DEVICE is any device capable of storing and reading information

either temporarily or permanently. It is sometimes called as digital storage, storage
media, or the storage medium.

Two (2) General Classifications of Storage Devices

A. Primary storage device – example: RAM (already discussed in Module 11).

B. Secondary storage device – example: hard drive. Secondary storage is often
removable either internal or external. There are also different types of Computer
Secondary Storage Devices such as magnetic storage, optical storage, flash
memory devices, online and cloud, and paper storage.

The storage device is needed to save or remember settings or information

processed on the computer. Without it, the computer can be considered a dumb
terminal. Advance and new computer storage devices nowadays give a computer
the ability to store more data, bigger storage capacity as well as save and access
data faster.

By default, most information is saved to the computer hard drive. But you
can select which storage device are you going to store your file while saving
especially if you want to move the information to another computer. You can save
it to a removable storage device, such as a USB flash drive or external hard drive.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICE

A. FDD OR FLOPPY DISK DRIVE

A floppy disk drive is a computer disk drive that enables a user to save
data to a removable diskette. The first available floppy disk drive is 8" in size that
was first made available in 1971. But the first real disk drives used were the 5
1/4" floppy disk drives that can store 360 KB to 1.2 MB of data.

The 5 ¼” floppy disk was later replaced with the 3 1/2" floppy disk drives
with a storage capacity of between 360 KB and 1.44 MB of data.
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The floppy disk drive appeared as letter A: drive when installed in a

computer located in My Computer or the File Explorer. Today, it is no longer
supported by most of the operating systems. It became obsolete because this
device does not have enough space for what people need. Floppy disk has been
replaced with CD-R, DVD-R, and flash drives.

B. HARD DISK DRIVE

The hard disk drive sometimes abbreviated as a hard drive, HD,

or HDD is a non-volatile data storage device, meaning the data is saved even the
computer has been turned off or there is a power interruption. It is usually
installed inside the system unit, attached directly to the disk controller of the
computer’s motherboard.

HDD is attached to the motherboard using ATA or SATA cable powered

by a connection to the Power Supply Unit.

The operating system, application software, and user’s file are some of
the data that can be stored in HDD.

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C. MAGNETIC CARD

A magnetic card contains

either a magnetic stripe or a magnetic
object in the card, encoded with digital
data. An example of a magnetic card is
a debit card that may contain
information about an individual or
passcodes for entering secure
buildings. It is small as a business
card. This device is usually processed
or swiped in a magnetic card reader or
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D. SUPERDISK

Interchangeably called to as an LS-120 and LS-240. The SuperDisk was a

disk drive and diskette introduced by 3M, which later became IMATION.
Compaq and Packard Bell computers are popular users of this type of drive.

The original SuperDisk has a storage capacity of 120 MB on a single disk

the same size of a traditional 1.44 MB floppy diskette, then later were capable of
holding 240 MB. Iomega Zip drive dramatically replaced the SuperDisk, which
had already gained success before the SuperDisk was released. Today, neither
the SuperDisk nor the Zip drive is used because of technology advancement in
the CD-R disc and the rise of USB thumb drives.

SUPERDISK (LS-120)
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E. ZIP DRIVE

The Zip drive is a hardware data storage device developed by IOMEGA that
became popular in the late 1990s. It functions like a standard 1.44" floppy drive
and diskette but bigger that are usually made of a much harder plastic.

The Zip drive contains a magnetic

circular disk that holds information. The
advantage of Iomega Zip drive from the later
models is its capability to hold up to 100 MB
of data or 250 MB of data. The zip drive is
used to read and write information on a Zip
diskette.

As mentioned earlier, Iomega Zip

drives were eventually replaced by CD-R disc
and USB thumb drives because of its bigger
capacity to store data.
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E. TAPE

A tape is a magnetic device made up of a thin coated piece of plastic

wrapped around wheels capable of storing data. It is less expensive than other
storage mediums. It is often used for backing up large amounts of data but it is a
much slower solution because it is sequential access.
Just like SuperDisk and Disk drive, tape has mostly been abandoned today
for faster and more reliable media like disc drives, hard drives, and flash
drives that are all direct access and cloud storage.

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 ACTIVITIES
Activity I – COLOR IT RED! Use RED color to select and underline the correct
answer.
1. A _____________ is a magnetic device made up of a thin coated piece of plastic
wrapped around wheels capable of storing data.
HARD DISK
TAPE

2. The advantage of _____________from the later models is its capability to hold

up to 100 MB of data or 250 MB of data.
IOMEGA ZIP DRIVES
SUPERDISK

3. The _____________ was a disk drive and diskette introduced by 3M, which
later became IMATION.
IOMEGA ZIP DRIVES
SUPERDISK

4. The ______________ is a non-volatile data storage device, meaning the data is

saved even the computer has been turned off or there is a power interruption.
FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
HARD DISK DRIVE

5. A ______________ is a computer disk drive that enables a user to save data to

a removable diskette.
FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
HARD DISK DRIVE
Activity II – MATCHING TYPE. Draw the lines that will connect the name of a
storage device at the left side with their image on the right side. Use the dots
to connect the lines.

1. TAPE  

2. MAGNETIC CARD  

3. SUPERDISK  

4. HARD DISK DRIVE  

5. FLOPPY DISK DRIVE  

WRAP-UP

Direction: Which among the storage devices in Activity II you are familiar with?
Choose one, draw inside the box below, and characterize the said device.
 VALUING

The knowledge that I have learned today is/are ________________.

I have realized that____________________________________________.

I want to learn more in _______________________________________.

POST TEST
Directions: Read the questions carefully and choose the letter of the best
answer. Write your answer on the space provided for you after each number.

1. ______ The following are all Secondary storage devices, EXCEPT ONE.
a. Floppy disk drive c. RAM
b. Hard disk d. Tape

2. ______Which is not true about the tape as one of the magnetic devices?
a. It is less expensive than other storage mediums.
b. It is still familiar in the market and displayed everywhere.
c. It is often used for backing up large amounts of data but it is a much slower
solution because it is sequential access.
d. Just like SuperDisk and Disk drive, tape has mostly been abandoned today
for faster and more reliable media like disc drives, hard drives, and flash
drives that are all direct access and cloud storage.

3. ______What is a storage device?

a. It displays information in visual form.
b. It prints the information you see in your monitor.
c. It accepts data, processes it, and transforms raw data into meaningful
information.
d. It is any device capable of storing and reading information either
temporarily or permanently.

4. _______An example of this device is a debit card that may contain information
about an individual or passcodes for entering secure buildings. Which storage
device is mentioned above?
a. Floppy disk drive c. Magnetic Card
b. Hard disk drive d. Zip drive
 Activity I
1. Tape
2. IOMEGA Zip Drive
3. SuperDisk
4. Hard disk drive
5. Floppy disk drive
Activity II
*Valuing – answers may vary
* Wrap Up – answers may vary
PRETEST
PRETEST RECAP
RECAP POST TEST
POST TEST
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1. CD 1.1.BA 1. ABC 1. D
7.
2. BB 2.2.FC 2. Difference
2. B Engine
8.
3. BB 3.3.CC 3. Abacus
3. D
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4. BD 4.4.AD 4. Napier’sCBone
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KEY TO CORRECTION
b. LS-140 d. LS-240
a. LS-120 c. LS-220
5. _______SuperDisk is Interchangeably called to as an ___________ and LS-240.
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