Quick Reference Guide

Description
Reference
Designator
Volatility Description
User
Accessible
for external
data
Remedial Action (Action
necessary to prevent loss of
data)
Hard
drive(s)
User
replaceable
– one.
Non Volatile magnetic media,
various sizes in GB. May also
be SSD (solid state flash
drive).
Yes Low level format
CD-
ROM/RW/
DVD/
DVD+RW/
Diskette
Drives
User
replaceable
Non Volatile optical media. Yes Low level format/erase
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CAUTION: All other components on the system board lose data if power is removed from the system. Primary power
loss (unplugging the power cord and removing the battery) destroys all user data on the memory (DDR3). Secondary
power loss (removing the on-board coin-cell battery) destroys system data on the system configuration and time-of-
day information.
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