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How a Hard Drive Works
Have you ever wondered how the
storage system inside your computer works? Well, this
tutorial illustrates how a hard drive is constructed and how it
actually works internally. It also demonstrates how a
read/write head floating over a magnetically coated platter can
result in binary data being sent to the computer.
storage system inside your computer works? Well, this
tutorial illustrates how a hard drive is constructed and how it
actually works internally. It also demonstrates how a
read/write head floating over a magnetically coated platter can
result in binary data being sent to the computer.
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John Witkowski (Administrator)
I was looking for tutorials to give my students an idea of how the inside of a computer works. This one shows gives an explanation of how a hard drive works and shows students a graphic to illustrate the point.
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I had no trouble using this material.
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Mark Moran (Faculty)
I used this java object in a computer hardware class and found it to be a good
demonstation of how a hard drive works.
demonstation of how a hard drive works.
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Java object works with no errors
Used in course?
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Barbara Myers (Faculty)