Hard Disk Facts

By Peter Garrilloid


You are one who puts much of your time and effort using your computer and going online among all the other gadgets in your house. For someone who dedicates that much time with a specific gadget, basic information about the gadget must be in your knowledge. You can start by getting to know about the hard disk drive.

The hard disk drive is known as a storage device. It is more particularly made to hold and obtain information using the really fast discs that are coated with magnets. Hard disks got its name from the hard platter component of the actual device. It was invented in the year 1950 by IBM as backup storage equipment for computers. The very first hard disks were extremely huge with a diameter of twenty inches with a capacity of just a few megabytes. Since the hard disk's emergence, it has undergone a number of improvements. But even with all the changes, there are a few things about the hard disk that haven't changed.

An illustration of this is the storage potential of the hard disk which is always more than that of the floppy disk. Aside from that the hard disk's performance which is calculated by the number of times it takes to move the heads to a file, the time it takes for the file to move under its head and lastly, the time by which the file is moved is very notable. Also another quality of the hard disk is that it can still function even when its power is off. Yet another quality is that the hard disk drive can function without any sequence; you can randomly access information. Lastly, the hard disk can also give you back-up data that's kept in your laptop or computer.

Even with all these qualities, the hard disk's lead in the computer world is still endangered because of the emergence of the flash memory. Nonetheless, there's no need for the hard disk to be worried because many companies promise to use the device not only today but in the many years to come.

So that's all the data you'll really need to have some background information on the hard disk and will also make you more knowledgeable about the computer.




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