A hard disk comprises one or more aluminum or glass platters, coated with a ferromagnetic material. Although the terms "hard disk" and "hard drive" are used synonymously; technically, the disk ...

Misalignment, faulty parts, contamination with dust ... The read/write head on a hard disk hovers above the platter's surface at a distance 5,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human ...

One fun aspect of 1970s-era hard disk drives is that they are big ... even after a replacement 14″ platter was found to replace the crashed platter with. These CDC HDDs are referred to as ...

An enterprising individual has shared a quick step-by-step guide showing how to convert an old Hard Disk Drive (HDD ... removing the platter read heads and supporting assembly, and the drive ...