Data storage disks or diskettes; blank or formatted data storage disks or diskettes; blank or formatted magnetic data storage disks or diskettes; drives for data storage disks or diskettes; software; software for protecting data stored on storage media such as diskettes, optical discs, and magnetic tape; software for transferring data from a bar code attached to imaging film to an imaging device, with such data instructing the imaging device how to image the film; software for enabling communication between a computer and a computer drive; and software for accelerating the performance of data storage and retrieval