Difference between magnetic storage and optical storage devices.

Discuss the
comparisons in terms of technical aspects.
 The key difference between optical storage media, such as CDs and DVDs,
and magnetic storage media, such as hard drives and old-fashioned floppy
disks, is in how computers read and write information to them. One uses light;
the other, electromagnetism.

Figure 1:optical storage device

Figure 2:magnetic storage devices

 Magnetic storage uses disks coated with a magnetic material. Each tiny bit of
the disk carries a magnetic charge; the direction of that charge determines
whether it represents a 1 or a 0. Optical storage, meanwhile, uses disks made
of reflective material; how each bit reflects light–or doesn't reflect it–
determines whether it's a 1 or a 0.
 Magnetic storage devices use "read/write heads," electromagnets that detect
(read) or change (write) the magnetization patterns on the disk. Optical
storage devices use lasers to read the reflections in the disk or "burn" the data
pattern into the disks.
 In general, it's faster and easier to write data to magnetic storage media.
However, data stored on optical media tends to be more durable.