Historical Computer Engineering - Hard Drives
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Hard Drives

Process of reading and writing data

Festplatte

Festplatte Turn on
Festplatte Turn platters
Festplatte Signal
Festplatte Position read-write head
Festplatte Write
Festplatte Read
Festplatte Return data

Read

For the process of reading the platters turn with enormous velocity below the read/writehead. The change of the magnetic field on the platter is recognized by the head and it sends the information to the processing electronics.