Hard Drive
The hard drive is where a computer keeps all documents, pictures, music, programs, and other data for the user. If you have created, loaded, and/or saved files, they are kept on a storage drive. The size of a storage drive is m...
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The hard drive is where a computer keeps all documents, pictures, music, programs, and other data for the user. If you have created, loaded, and/or saved files, they are kept on a storage drive. The size of a storage drive is measured in storage units called “Bytes” – from kilobytes or kB (1000 Bytes), Megabytes or MB (1000 kB), Gigabytes or GB (1000 MB), Terrabytes or TB (1000 GB), and higher. The higher the number, the more files your drive can store. Storage drives are categorized as hard drives (HDD or hard disk drive) or solid state drives (SSD). The difference between these types of drives is the method used to record and access data. An HDD uses a spinning disk, which slows down the speed of accessing that data. However, it can typically hold more data than an SSD. The spin rate of a hard drive is measured in revolutions per minute (RPM), the higher the RPM, the quicker it can access data.