Credits
 

Main page
Photo of hard drive from Image Catcher, now WebShots  www.webshots.com

Introduction
Photo of CD from Image Catcher, now WebShots www.webshots.com
 

A (Brief) History of Data Storage
Photo: Tablet - Corbis www.corbis.com

Current Technologies Used

Magnetic: Floppy Drives & Hard Drives
Photo: Tapes - http://www.insight.com/cgi-bin/bp/157753187/web/mfg_template.html?src=ETXA&page=new&m=IMA
Figure: How a Hard Drive works - http://www.sciam.com/2000/0500issue/0500toigbox1.html

Optical
Figure: Cross Section of CD - http://www.howstuffworks.com/cd1.htm
Figure: Pits and Lands - http://www.howstuffworks.com/cd1.htm
Figure: Radial Pattern on a CD - http://www.howstuffworks.com/cd1.htm
Animation: Reading data from a CD - http://www.howstuffworks.com/cd2.htm
Animation: "Reading the Disc", speed change of CD - http://www.howstuffworks.com/cd2.htm
Figure: Diagram of a CD-RW disc -  http://www.usbyte.com/common/Re-writable_CD.htm

Magneto-Optical
Figure: Diagram of a MO write -  http://www.usbyte.com/common/MOsystems.htm
Figure: MO disk structure -  http://www.usbyte.com/common/MOsystems.htm

The Future
Figure: SIL Assembly -  http://www.sciam.com/2000/0500issue/0500toigbox2.html
Figure: Magnetic Mesas -  http://www.sciam.com/2000/0500issue/0500toigbox4.html
Figure: Atomic Resolution Storage - http://www.sciam.com/2000/0500issue/0500toigbox6.html
 

Sonice Solutions - Digital Storage
Scientific Amercian  - Avoiding a Data Crunch
Howstuffworks.com - How Compact Discs Work
USByte.com - Re-Writeable CD
USByte.com - Optical Data Storage
USByte.com - Magneto-Optical Storage Systems
Shane Bustle - Holographic Data Storage