HDD

From TheGredil

Ever wondered what's inside an ordinary old hard disk? Wonder no more...

Take one Western Digital 120GB hard drive...


Pull the bits of the back that talk to the PC...




Undo all the (star) screws on the top, including the two "hidden" ones...


Off comes the lid and hello guts! So this is what an autopsy feels like...


Only two platters! Those clever folk at WD...


Out comes the head. It flies across the drive reading all the bits. Controlled by the super magnet on the right...


How do those two little disks, smaller than a CD hold so much info?...