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  1. computer.howstuffworks.com › hard-diskWhat Is a Hard Drive and How Does It Work? | HowStuffWorks

    Apr 30, 2024 · A hard disk drive is a data storage device that uses one or more rigid rapidly rotating disks coated with magnetic material to retrieve and store data. Hard disks do one thing well — they provide storage space for data and operating systems.

  2. pages.cs.wisc.edu › ~remzi › OSTEPHard Disk Drives - University of Wisconsin–Madison

    How do modern hard-disk drives store data? What is the interface? How is the data actually laid out and accessed? How does disk schedul-ing improve performance? 37.1 The Interface. Let’s start by understanding the interface to a modern disk drive. The basic interface for all modern drives is straightforward.

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  4. www.explainthatstuff.com › harddriveHow does a hard drive work? - Explain that Stuff

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    You might like these other articles on our site covering related topics: 1. Computer memory (general, RAM, ROM, etc) 2. Flash memory 3. Magnetism

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    SSD vs. HDD: What's the Difference?by Joel Santo Domingo. PC Mag, January 24, 2019. A good quick comparison between old-style hard drives and modern SSDs.
    A Radical Proposal: Replace Hard Disks With DRAMby John Ousterhout. IEEE Spectrum. October 26, 2015. Flash drives are replacing hard drives, but maybe DRAM (which is 1000 times faster) is a better...
    Hard drive destruction 'crucial': BBC News, January 12, 2009. Why you need to take special precautions when you get rid of an old computer. This BBC News article recommends removing the hard drive...
    Small Is Big in Notebooks—but Not Too Smallby Daniel P. Dern. IEEE Spectrum, December 1, 2008. Why SSDs are finding their way into notebooks, despite their higher price.

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    Upgrading and Repairing PCsby Scott Mueller. Que Publishing, 2015. Chapter 8 "Magnetic Storage" is a really good, clear introduction that builds on what you've learned in my article.
    Hard Disk Drive: Mechatronics and Controlby Abdullah Al Mamun, Guoxiao Guo, Chao Bi. CRC Press, 2007. A detailed reference covering the design and manufacture of hard drives.
    Hard Drive Bibleby Martin Bodo. Corporate Systems Center, 1996. A slightly dated but still very useful reference.

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    If you enjoy technical detail, these are worth a look: 1. US Patent 3,503,060: Direct access magnetic disc storage deviceby William Goddard and John Lynott, IBM Corporation, March 24, 1970. This is IBM's original, pioneering "DASD" disk storage device, developed continuously between the 1950s and the late 1960s (when it was finally patented). Remem...

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  5. www.idc-online.com › technical_references › pdfsIntroduction to Hard Disk (HDD) - IDC-Online

    A hard drive is a mass storage device found in all PCs (with some - [exclusions) that is used to store permanent data such as the operating system, programs and user files.

  6. www.seagate.com › blog › everything-you-wanted-toEverything You Want to Know About Hard Drives. | Seagate US

    Find out what a hard drive does, how big a drive you need, and how much you can store on a hard drive.

  7. c3.eecs.umich.edu › techbriefs › tb13Technology Brief 13 Hard Disk Drives (HDD)

    HDD Operation. magnetic material to read and write data. A nonmagnetic disc ranging in diameter from 36 to 146 mm is coated with a thin film of magnetic.

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  9. link.springer.com › content › pdfChapter 2 Fundamentals of Hard Disk Drives - Springer

    2.1 Objectives in This Chapter. Learn about the history and uses of hard disk drives. Describe the basic layout and operation of hard disk drives. Clarify the organization of data on a hard disk drive. Understand the self-monitoring and reliability specifications for hard disk drives.