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  2. Disk read-and-write head - Wikipedia

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    A hard disk head and arm on a platter Microphotograph of a hard disk head. The size of the front edge is about 0.3 * 1.2 mm. The functional part of the head is the round, orange structure in the middle. Also note the connection wires bonded to gold-plated pads. Read–write head of a 3 TB hard disk drive manufactured

  3. Hard disk drive interface - Wikipedia

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    Enhanced Small Disk Interface (ESDI) was an attempt to minimize controller design time by supporting multiple data rates with a standard data encoding scheme; this was usually negotiated automatically by the disk drive and controller; most of the time, however, 15 or 20 megabit ESDI disk drives were not downward compatible (i.e. a 15 or 20 ...

  4. Hard disk drive platter - Wikipedia

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    Hard disk with platter Inside view of a hard disk Hard disk drive platter, 2.5" Samsung MP0402H. A hard disk drive platter or hard disk is the circular magnetic disk on which digital data is stored in a hard disk drive. [1] The rigid nature of the platters is what gives them their name (as opposed to the flexible materials which are used to ...

  5. Hard disk drive - Wikipedia

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    A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive, or fixed disk [a] is an electro-mechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material.

  6. Drive letter assignment - Wikipedia

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    C: — First hard disk drive partition. D: to Z: — Other disk partitions get labeled here. Windows assigns the next free drive letter to the next drive it encounters while enumerating the disk drives on the system. Drives can be partitioned, thereby creating more drive letters. This applies to MS-DOS, as well as all Windows operating systems.

  7. Device configuration overlay - Wikipedia

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    In Windows, the user can use the tool like ATATool to create a DCO. The user can set DCO to 100GB on hard drive 1: ATATOOL /SETDCO:100GB \\.\PhysicalDrive1 The user can remove DCO of 100GB on hard drive 1: ATATOOL /RESTOREDCO:100GB \\.\PhysicalDrive1 These commands can cause data loss or worse if they exeute this command that contains data. [6]

  8. Computer case screws - Wikipedia

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    securing a 3.5-inch hard disk drive to the case; holding an expansion card in place by its metal slot cover; fastening case components to one another; usually, one or more #6-32 UNC screws hold the main cover on the case; They are almost always provided with a #2 Phillips drive. Sometimes a Green Robertson or Torx drive is used instead. All ...

  9. Hard disk drive failure - Wikipedia

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    A hard disk drive failure occurs when a hard disk drive malfunctions and the stored information cannot be accessed with a properly configured computer. A hard disk failure may occur in the course of normal operation, or due to an external factor such as exposure to fire or water or high magnetic fields , or suffering a sharp impact or ...