the first commercial computer to feature a moving-head hard disk. The drive occupied 16 square feet and utilized fifty 24-inch platters, which were read by two independently moving arms with an ...

If you're unsure how old your hard drive is, check the manufacturer’s label, the drive's S.M.A.R.T. data, or the drive's ...

Although the terms "hard disk" and "hard drive" are used synonymously; technically, the disk platters spin inside the drive. Hard disks are "fixed disks," which means the platters reside ...

In fact, Shugart himself left IBM and transitioned to Memorex in 1972, helping the company deliver the first commercially available read-write floppy disk drive (the Memorex 650). A hallmark of ...