Introduction to Multimedia

Introduction
Have you ever wondered what is really going on inside your computer? The technology of the hard drive is really quite remarkable. Learn about the internal workings of a hard drive.

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Destination Site: Internal Hard Drive Parts

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Learn about hard disk drives

1.			What are some of the components inside a hard drive?
2.			Inside the hard drive, what do the heads read and write to?
3.			What determines the capacity of the hard drive?
4.			What material are the newer platters, or disks, made of?
5.			What data does the boot section of the hard disk contain, and what happens if this data is damaged?