The determination for the hard

disk capacity can be done by

detering the number of platters it
has, which type of recording is
used whether the perpendicular
or longitudinal and the alignment
of magnetic particles on the
platters.

Generally, a platter is prepared

with ceramic or aluminium glass
and also has a material coating
on that and this coating permit
the recording of the items on the
surface magnetically. Each and
every platter consists of two
heads on either sides of that and
the heads are read and write. A
cylinder is a vertical section in a
track by which it can be passed
across all the platters and this
cylinder will refer the location of
the write and read heads.

The disk can be classified in to

various sections and tracks and
this process is called formatting.
A narrow recording band which
can make a complete circle on
the disk’s surface is a track. The
storage locations of a disk can be
classified into sections which are
in pie-shape, and the tracks are
broken in to arcs by the sections
and these small arcs are called
sectors. The platters in the disk
drive will revolve when the
computer is on; the number of
revolutions that the platters
rotate is 5,400 revolutions to
15,000 revolutions per a minute.

This will permit the access to all

the sectors and tracks on the
platter instantly. That means the
tracks and sectors of the platters
can be accessed automatically.
The speed at which the transfer
of information, instructions and
data is done is called the transfer
rate. The item on a storage
medium can be located by the
storage device and the time taken
for locating the items is
measured by the access time. The
access time is also used to
measure the time needed to
deliver an item to the processor
from the memory.

A Hard Disk Drive (HDD) is a

non-volatile device for storing
and retrieving digital
information in both desktop and
embedded systems.
Hard Disk Drive (HDD) storage
technology is now largely used in
consumer devices by offering the
same advantages that it has
offered computer users, that is
the capability of storing
economically large amounts of
data, with fast transfer rates, and
quick access to any specific piece
of data.
It consists of one or more rigid
rapidly. .

Internal Hard disks reside in a

drive bay, connected to the
motherboard using an ATA,
SCSI, or SATA cable. They are
powered by a connection to the
computer’s PSU (power supply
unit).

Examples of data that may be

stored on a computer’s hard
drive include the Operating
System, installed software, the
user’s personal files.

CONCLUSION…
A computer requires an
Operating system to allow users
to interact with and use it. The
Operating system interprets
keyboard and mouse movements
and allows for the use of
software, like an Internet
Browser, Word Processor, and
Video Games. To install a
Computer Operating System, a
hard drive(or another storage
device) is requires. The storage
device provides the storage
medium where the operating
system is installed and stored.