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In early computers, Magnetic Tape was the mass storage device of choice, offering essentially unlimited storage of data cheaply but with significant data recovery times, as it generally required a Computer Operator to recover the relevant reel from a Tape Store . Magnetic tape is still a frequently used mass storage solution though now using much higher Packing Density , digital techniques and sometimes automated tape loading. The Floppy Disk was the first mass storage device used in conjunction with a PC . Its main drawback was that its storage capacity was rapidly outstripped by the capacity of hard disks. CDROM became a rapid successor to the floppy as the media offered low cost and significantly more capacity than the then available hard disks. A ''USB mass-storage device'' is a device which stores data and interfaces with a personal computer using the USB interface. USB mass-storage devices use a standardized interface to communicate with the host, allowing them to be used on modern operating systems without specialized Drivers . Types of USB mass storage devices include:
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