What does "enable disk use" mean?

I'm on my ipod sync page, and a box is checked "enable disk use".  What does this do when it's checked?  I assume it allows access to my hard drive, or the ipod's hard drive, but I don't know.

If ticked the iPod will show up as a removable hard drive in Windows Explorer. You could then use it, for example, to transfer large files from one computer to another.
tt2

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