Lesson 11 Chapter 3 - External Drives

Question 1

What are the 3 basic functions of an external drive?

Answer 1

1. Installing software
2. Backing up
3. Troubleshooting

Question 2

What is a drive enclosure?

Answer 2

A plastic or metal frame that has the basic connectors inside and outside to turn it into an external drive

Question 3

What’s a way a tech can use a drive enclosure?

Answer 3

To connect the hard drive from a dead computer to extract data or run diagnostics

Question 4

What are the 3 sizes for enclosures? Optical drives, desktop HDD size, laptop HDD size

Answer 4

1. 5.25” Optical Drives
2. 3.5” Desktop HDD
3. 2.5” Laptop HDD

Question 5

T or F. Drive enclosures are a “one size fits all”

Answer 5

False. Some don’t have an opening in the case for an optical drive tray to open, others are for either type and have a removable plate for the optical drive

Question 6

Bench technicians commonly use a __ __ __ to quickly check HDDs without installing them in a PC or external drive enclosure

Answer 6

Hard drive dock (the toaster)

Question 7

Performance-wise, which of these connectors are the fastest? Go in order: eSATA, Thunderbolt 3, Thunderbolt 4, USB 3.x, USB 2.0

Answer 7

1. USB.3x, Thunderbolt 3 and 4
2. eSATA
3. USB 2.0