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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. 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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  4. 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.

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

    A hard drive is the hardware component that stores all of your digital content. Your documents, pictures, music, videos, programs, application preferences, and operating system represent digital content stored on a hard drive. Hard drives can be external or internal.

  7. www.crucial.com › pc-builders › what-is-a-hard-driveWhat is a Hard Disk Drive? | HDDs Explained | Crucial.com

    A hard disk drive (HDD) is an internal or external computer component that stores data, such as the operating system, applications, and user files. HDDs are “non-volatile” storage devices, meaning they retain stored data even when power isn't being supplied. How does a hard drive work?

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  9. www.partitionwizard.com › partitionmagic › how-doesHow Does a Hard Drive Work? Here Are Answers for You

    Jul 25, 2024 · The hard disk drive (HDD), a kind of electro-mechanical data storage device, utilizes magnetic storage to save and retrieve digital data. It was released by IBM in 1956 and called the IBM 350 disk storage unit in the very beginning. It started becoming the leading secondary storage device for general-purpose computers in the early 1960s.