Difference between Magnetic and Optical Storage

Magnetic Storage

Optical Storage

a) Stores data in magnetic form.

b) It is affected by magnetic field.

c) It has high storage capacity.

e) It doesn't use laser to read/write data.

f) Magnetic storage devices are ; Hard disk , Floppy

disk, Magnetic tape etc.

a) Stores data optically & used laser to read/write.

b) It is not affected by magnetic field.

c) It has less storage than hard disk.

e) Data accessing is high as compared to floppy.

f) Optical storage devices are ; CD-ROM,CD-R,

CD-RW, DVD etc.