What does the inside of a computer hard disk drive look like?
Question
What does the inside of a computer hard disk drive look like?
Answer
Below is a picture of the inside of a laptop and desktop computer hard disk drive.
As can be seen in the above picture of the desktop hard drive the main six components that help make up the inside are the head actuator, read/write actuator arm, read/write head, spindle, chassis and platter.
Additional information
- See the hard disk drive definition for further information and related links.