Some hard drives have multi-stage actuators, that can do smaller changes in direction with just part of the whole arm. On certain hard drives, the data tracks actually overlap each other.

A hard disk (also called a fixed disk) is the primary medium for storing information on computers, because it combines high capacity, relatively fast access and low price. A hard disk drive is ...

The magnetic hard disk's tenure as a critical part of the storage technology mosaic is entering its sixth decade, and it shows no sign of ending any time soon.

Seagate's Barracuda hard-disk drives are universally lauded by critics and have been a best seller for the company for many years. Available in sizes ranging from 1 to 8 TB, these drives hit the ...

Hybrid Drives are actually Hard Disk Drives that employ some SSD to act as a cache. They come with firmware that figures out what data is being required frequently and stores it on the SSD part ...

People new to computers are often leery of experimenting with their systems, fearing they may hit the wrong keys and cause irreparable harm. The truth is that short of being dropped out a window, i… ...