Magnetic Disk
Magnetic Disk
Magnetic disks use magnetic material to store data ' instructions and information on disks surface. The data on magnetics disks is stored in tracks and sectors. Tracks from circles on the surface of a magnetics disks. Each tracks on a disks is divided into sectors. Each sector typically stores up to 512 bytes of data. Hard disk is the most widely used magnetics disks.
Hard disk:
hard disk is the primary storage devices in a computer to storages the programs and data permanently.it is also known as hard disk drives HDD OR hard disk HD. most personal computers have at least one hard disk drives. Some large scale computer contain hundreds of hard disk.
The tradition hard disk is a type of magnetics disk . It is also called fixed disk because it is fixed in the system unit. It consists of several circular disks called platters that are coated with magnetics material. The platters are stacked on the on the top of one another enclosed in a sealed case.
The user can write and read data from the hard disks many times. The disks must be formatted before any data can be written on a hard disks . Formatting is a process that creates tracks and sectors on the disk is divided
Floppy Disks or Diskette
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