Scribd
Upload
25 views1 page

Hddnotes PDF

Hard disk drives (HDDs) consist of circular platters made from magnetic material, typically ranging from 500GB to 5TB in capacity. They are prone to damage from movement and utilize an actuating arm with a read/write head to access data stored in concentric tracks divided into sectors. HDDs can increase their capacity by adding more platters or decreasing track width, while maintaining the same physical size.

Uploaded by

mahira.maheshkumar
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
25 views1 page

Hddnotes PDF

Hard disk drives (HDDs) consist of circular platters made from magnetic material, typically ranging from 500GB to 5TB in capacity. They are prone to damage from movement and utilize an actuating arm with a read/write head to access data stored in concentric tracks divided into sectors. HDDs can increase their capacity by adding more platters or decreasing track width, while maintaining the same physical size.

Uploaded by

mahira.maheshkumar
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 1

Hard disk drives

● Consist of a number of circular platters made


from a magnetic material
● Typically come in capacities of between 500GB
and 5TB
● Are susceptible to damage from movement
● Above each platter hovers an actuating arm on
which a read/write head is mounted
● The read/write head changes the magnetic
polarity of parts of the platter
● The actuating arm allows the read/write head to
access all parts of each platter
● Data is written in concentric tracks, each of
which is further divided into sectors
● The platter rotates thousands of times per
minute, allowing for good read and write speeds ●
Can have their capacity increased, while remaining
the same size, by: adding more platters or
decreasing the width of tracks

You might also like