Manufacturers seal hard drives in hermetic rooms to avoid any contamination by particles of dust, a single one of which can completely destroy a hard drive. If you were to open one up, however, you ...

So I've always thought that having magnets near hard-drives was bad for the hard-drives, yet these days all I see are magnet-tipped screw drivers. Even those "iFixit" branded ones, which are obviously ...

This video explains the basic components of a Hard Drive (HDD) and illustrates how it reads and writes information.

Even if you're a self-proclaimed computer geek who can build a PC from components, do you really know how a hard drive operates? Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new ...