Saturday, April 4, 2009

Hard Drives

My advice to you here is - get as much hard disk space as you can afford. A typical hard disk by today's standards would be about 80 GB at least. If you do a lot of downloading off the Internet, or edit videos or have a huge collection of MP3s, you'd be better off with at least a 160 GB hard disk.

Your Hard Disk or sometimes called a Hard Drive, is the main storage space inside your PC. It is a permanent storage component unlike the RAM (system memory). It is possible for your computer to function without a hard disk, however it would be basically useless to you as you would not be able to use an Operating system or have any programs to use.


Hard disks use a circular hard platters to store data on. They are in pristine condition with a mirror like finish to them. These platters are locked away inside a steel casing as unclean air can easily ruin a hard disk. This is why you should never remove the casing from the hard disk, it is very unlikely you will be able to put it back together as a working component

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