Historical Computer Engineering - Hard Drives
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Hard Drives

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Spindel und Drehscheiben Drehmotor Lese- und Schreibkopf Aktor Gehaeuse Elektronik und Schnittstelle


A hard disk consists mainly of the following components:

  • a rotating spindle with pivoted data slices
  • an electric motor that spins the discs
  • one or more read and write heads
  • an actuator that drives the write and read heads
  • the control and signal processing electronics and an interface
  • a housing
Click on the names of the components in the graph to arrive at a description of them.