HARD DISK DRIVE

ICT-TLE
GROUP 2-PHOENIX
BERISO, GILXANDER
CARTERA, LORENZO
MANALOTO, NICOLAI
YUAN, AMOS
OCUAMAN, GERICO
SLIDES PREPARED BY:
PELAGIO, MARIA RAFAELA

STORAGE DRIVE
Any computer hardware

that is used for storing and

extracting data files.

Also known as storage

medium/media

It can hold and store

information both
permanently and
temporarily

It can be internal or

2 TYPES OF STORAGE
DEVICE
1. PRIMARY STORAGE
DEVICE
generally smaller in size,

designed to hold data

temporarily and are internal to
the computer.
They have the fastest data
access speed, and include RAM
(Random Access Memory) and
cache memory.

2. SECONDARY STORAGE
DEVICE

Usually have large storage

capacity

Store data permanently

They can be both internal
and external to the
computer
Examples: hard disk,
compact disk drive, USB

HARD DRIVE OR
HARD DISK DRIVE

HARD DRIVE OR HARD DISK

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A hard drive or hard disk drive, is a

magnetic storage device that is installed

inside the computer.

The hard drive is used as permanent

storage for data.

HARD DRIVE OR HARD DISK

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In a Windows computer, the

hard drive is usually configured

as the C: drive and contains the
operating system and
applications.
The hard drive is often
configured as the first drive in
the boot sequence.

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The

storage capacity of a hard drive is

measured in billions of bytes, or
gigabytes (GB).
The speed of a hard drive is measured
in revolutions per minute (RPM).

HARD DRIVE OR HARD DISK

DRIVE

Multiple hard drives can be added to

increase storage capacity.
Traditional hard drives are magnetic.
All data is stored magnetically, allowing
information to be saved when power is shut
off.

Magnetic hard drives have drive motors

designed to spin magnetic platters and the

 Hard drives need a read only

memory (ROM) controller
board to instruct the
read/write heads how, when
and where to move across
the platters.
Hard drives have disks
stacked together and spin in
unison. The read/write heads
are controlled by an
actuator, which magnetically
reads from and writes to the
platters.
The read/write heads float

 Both sides of the platters are

used to store data.
Each side or surface of one
disk is called a head, with each
one divided into sectors and
tracks.
All tracks are the same
distance from the center of the
disk. Collectively they
comprise one cylinder. Data is
written to a disk starting at the
furthest track. The read/write
heads move inward to the next

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