A hard drive is a magnetic storage device inside the computer which
stores computer programs and data. Hard drives are measured in Megabytes
(MB). The larger the hard drive, the more information the user will be
able to store on it.
Here is a picture of the hard drive as it would look if you opened up your computer.
This is a picture of a hard drive that is taken out of the computer.
Here is some of the circuitry that makes a hard drive work.
This is what the inside of a hard drive looks like.
This is where the information on the hard drive is stored
Here is a side view of the hard drive.
Here is a Quicktime movie (.mov) of the
inside of a hard drive (644458 bytes).
Back to the Inside Tour 
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