WD External Disc Drive
Polytropon
freebsd at edvax.de
Mon Oct 26 10:09:10 UTC 2009
Hi Rob,
just a little terminology note (from me, Mister Use-the-correct-words):
If you are refering to a kind of hard disk, use "disk" with k.
Think like "diskette". If you are refering to optical media,
use "disc" with c. Think like "CD = compact disc".
Disk: disk pack, hard disk, disk drive
Disc: optical disc, magneto-optical disc, disc drive
In your special case, you can even say that your external
hard disk shows up as a disc in "Windows". It's correct.
I know it may sound impolite (but it is not meant to be),
but using the correct terminology is very important if you
want to be understood correctly.
--
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
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