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Each side or surface of one hard drive platter is called?

Each side, or surface, of one hard drive platter is called a head. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive is called ready drive.


What is Each side or surface of one hard drive platter?

head


What is a platter?

A platter is the portion of a hard disk drive that information is written to.


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.


Is platter a computer input device for disabled people?

No. A platter would be a component of a hard disk drive.


What is the smallest unit of a data on a hard drive platter?

SECTOR!


What is name of hardisk which is use in computers?

A hard disk drive platter


If a magnetic drive has four platters how many heads does it have?

Each platter on a hard drive has 2 heads.Every Additional Platter you can multiply x2Example:1 Platter x 2 = 2 Heads2 Platters x 2 = 4 Heads3 Platters x 2 = 6 Heads4 Platters x 2 = 8 Heads5 Platters x 2 = 10 HeadsETC...At least until some new hard drive Architecture comes into place.


The current platter rotation rate of a modern hard disk drive is?

7200rpm


What storage media does a hard drive have?

An aluminum platter covered with a magnetisable coating.


What heads float on a cushion of air above the the platter?

In a hard drive, the read/write heads float on a cushion of air above the platter. This ensures that there is a tiny gap between the heads and the spinning platter, allowing the heads to read and write data without physically touching the surface of the disk.


How many cylinders are there for each platter in a Hard drive?

No. of Cylinders = No. of Tracks on each platter multiply by 2 for both sides since each platter stores information on both sides.