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A hard drive stores data on?
hard disk save data on platters. On platters there are tracks and sectors in which the data is saved.
If a hard drive has three platters how manty heads does it have?
6
On which physical part of a hard drive is the data stored?
platters
What are the tracks that are the same distance from the center of the platters on a hard drive called?
D) cylinder
How does one recycle an external hard drive?
To recycle an external hard drive you must take the hard drive to an appropriate site. Certain businesses such as computer stores will offer services to destroy and dispose of the hard drives for a small fee.
Which storage device use magnetic film or aluminum platters for storing data?
Hard Disk Drive, Floppy Drive
What is the default maximum size of the Recycle Bin?
The default maximum size of the Recycle bin is 10 percent of the hard drive. For example if the hard drive is 500 GB then the recycle bin is capable of holding 50 GB.
What device uses a stack of platters to permanently store large amounts of information?
A computer's hard-drive.
Does a hard drive consists of platters?
The hard disk drive platter is used to store magnetic data or information that comes from the hard disk drive, where they are stored. The hard disk drive can contain one or more hard disk platter.
What should you so to a failed hard drive that was used in the accounting department before you put the drive in the trash?
if you want it, give it to a hard drive expert if you don't want it take it apart and rip up the platters inside shredd them and diposite them in different trashcans its now gone forever
How do you disable the hard drive in inoperable PC?
The only way to ensure the data on the hard drive is no longer recoverable is the complete physical destruction of the drive. Superheating the platters of the drive so that they lose their magnetism is the most thorough method, though any method that makes the platters unable to be read by a read head is also effective, such as cutting with a grinder or bending with a sledgehammer.
All the tracks that are the same distance from the center of the platters on a hard drive together make up one?
Cylinder
