Hi, This is because of how the operating system labels these drives. While a disk drive is indeed a hardware component of any computer, it should not be used to assume that all USB drives are hard drives. Rather, this drive labeling came from how Windows CE's file system manager (the guy that manages files and folders and their organization) labels drives connected using different technologies. Usually, flash disk refers to internal storage (this is not a hard drive, although it may confuse you at first) in many devices. To give you a short overview (and I think this should be included somewhere on our website): A flash drive and a conventional hard drive works differently. Flash memory uses electronic cells to store information; all that is needed to override the existing info is some high voltage that changes the flash cell's content. In contrast, conventional hard disks use moving disk platters coded with magnetic fields and a read/write head to scan the magnetic surface for reading and writing. Hence the word that flash memory (which is also the technology used on solid state drives, or SSD) is durable thanks to no moving parts and is faster than hard disks, although it can be rewritten only a finite amount (usually now in millions of times before a given flash cell may fail). Hard drives usually have larger capacities, but it is prone to mechanical failure and takes more power than flash memory. As of the time of writing, the largest capacities of hard drives and flash memory are 8 TB (terabyte = 1000 GB) and 512 GB, respectively. We promise: we'll have this answer up on our site soon. Cheers, Joseph -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Behler Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 10:06 AM To: Braille Note e-mail list Subject: [Braillenote] A Nagging Curiosity-type Question
Hi, all. I have noticed an interesting quirk on my Braille Note Apex QT32 that I'm curious about. On the drive list, when it says flash disk, it actually refers to the internal hard disk, and when it says hard disk, it's actually referring to a thumb drive that I often use to roughly edit documents. In other words, it seems like the drives are incorrectly labeled, and are actually the reverse of what they should be. I also noticed this problem on the BT32 that I had, before I did the exchange for my current QT32. I'd be interested in any explanations anyone can give for this minor glitch. Thanks! Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [email protected] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [email protected] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
