Difference between Magnetic and Optical Storage

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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.