What's inside of a hard drive?

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  • čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
  • This video shows the basic parts of the Hard Drive (HDD) and how it reads and writes information.
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    Music - "Cologne 1983" by Josh Kirsch (CZcams Audio Library)

Komentáře • 367

  • @akeiai
    @akeiai Před 5 lety +265

    We will probably see the retirement of the hard drive but it will never die. It has a use on backup servers.

    • @JaredOwen
      @JaredOwen  Před 5 lety +34

      That's true! Thanks LeztGG

    • @xdJordxn
      @xdJordxn Před 5 lety +2

      Plus, it's cheaper xd

    • @camper1749
      @camper1749 Před 5 lety +9

      @@xdJordxn Well he's implying that in the future SSDs and HDDs will have the same prices but the HDD will still not be obsolete.

    • @xdJordxn
      @xdJordxn Před 5 lety +1

      @@camper1749 I know. Of course, it wouldn't.

    • @lintonfr
      @lintonfr Před 5 lety +3

      @@xdJordxn I would prefer to pay more for faster and better storage. Plus I can fit more SSDs into a PC because of how small they are

  • @thatonelonelyeagle5398
    @thatonelonelyeagle5398 Před 5 lety +348

    *no hard drives were harmed in the making of this video!*

  • @smokeypillow
    @smokeypillow Před 6 lety +939

    now explain how an SSD works!

    • @Randomusername1b
      @Randomusername1b Před 5 lety +75

      It is something like a ram but it dosnt turn off when u turn off pc

    • @junienet
      @junienet Před 5 lety +5

      they wouldn't

    • @victorsvidss
      @victorsvidss Před 5 lety +74

      Its a pretty solid explanation hahehahehaheh

    • @the486kgman2
      @the486kgman2 Před 5 lety +17

      Memory goes into a memory chip. And a small voltage is sent to the chip even if the computer is off or unplugged, it uses the same battery that keeps the time right so to preserve the data and form a sheild to stop hackers

    • @xdJordxn
      @xdJordxn Před 5 lety +8

      It's like a usb/sd card, but with more storage and it's more thick.
      (It's also more expensive)

  • @gen_edits
    @gen_edits Před 4 lety +13

    I like how good the graphics are... You can even see the smudges on the disk

  • @ruelagnes4277
    @ruelagnes4277 Před 2 lety +3

    this is the best explanation of a hard disk ive ever scene explaining how the hard disk actuator arm read and write into the tracks sector, thank you very much

  • @Aven-Sharma1991
    @Aven-Sharma1991 Před 4 lety +28

    Love your work man. This was no exception. Keep it up. 👍🏽

  • @BrianThomas
    @BrianThomas Před 3 lety +1

    I know this video is a bit old, but you didn't mention the magnets or power delivery. Nice video. I my son will love it. We've taken a few a part already and powered up a few to see them spin.

  • @declansgamereview6523
    @declansgamereview6523 Před 3 lety +13

    I just replaced by HD to SSD and wow, just wow. They are worlds apart in terms of performance. I was about to get rid of my old laptop away and it now works better than brand new.

    • @amvymavy
      @amvymavy Před 3 lety +1

      Yes of course, it is way faster. There's also NVMe SSD which is even faster

    • @stephensnell5707
      @stephensnell5707 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@amvymavySSDs do have a weaknesz-They cannot hold data for as long as a Hard Dtive(HARD DRIVES WILL ALWAYS BE THE BEST NO MATTER WHAT)

  • @geekdiggy
    @geekdiggy Před 4 lety +1

    i only JUST started learning about these things in recent weeks shopping for a new laptop.
    the laptop i'm using right now is a toshiba satellite made in 2009. i've been having to learn a lot about the new stuff.

  • @scythal
    @scythal Před 5 lety +57

    The hard drive's sector and track format is actually inspired from floppy disks.

  • @efai
    @efai Před 2 lety

    I would love to see more, this is like a trailer or something, the full video on this topic would be much appreciated..

  • @SpareSimian
    @SpareSimian Před 4 lety +2

    You can safely disassemble one if you have a proper clean room. But clean rooms are expensive. This is what is sometimes needed by data recovery companies that get your data back when the drive is damaged.

  • @Octolicia
    @Octolicia Před rokem +2

    And now we have a new SSD media that plugs straight into the motherboard. The M.2 sticks.

  • @jaredpeterson8893
    @jaredpeterson8893 Před 5 lety +13

    I was taking one apart all the way and my fingers slipped to the moving part I got 3 cuts

  • @kennysbusdrawings
    @kennysbusdrawings Před 4 lety +1

    That music makes me so nostalgic!

  • @twasinjunaed6709
    @twasinjunaed6709 Před 3 lety +7

    He said “no dust can get inside”,but there is literally lots of dust in the platers!

  • @spb1179
    @spb1179 Před 4 lety +7

    I like how 5 years later and ssd’s are definitely the dominant drive

    • @somedubmetakeshi7960
      @somedubmetakeshi7960 Před 4 lety +1

      Arguable, both have the ups and downs

    • @Krisztian08
      @Krisztian08 Před 4 lety

      Jesus you have a warped sense of time.

    • @BigOlSmellyFlashlight
      @BigOlSmellyFlashlight Před rokem

      yeah but for mass storage hard drives are still used very often due to the currently 2x bytes per dollar compared to ssds

  • @gabracal
    @gabracal Před 5 lety +12

    1. Platters rotate in the wrong direction.
    2. Read/write heads move from the parked position on to the platters with no headguide.

    • @elagelilio1878
      @elagelilio1878 Před 2 lety

      OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

    • @bentheman69
      @bentheman69 Před 13 dny

      Whats a headguide?

    • @gabracal
      @gabracal Před 12 dny

      @@bentheman69 The plastic thing that modern hard drives park their heads on when not in use. I learned that the technical term for these is "off-platter parking ramp".

    • @bentheman69
      @bentheman69 Před 11 dny

      @@gabracal oh thats interesting i never noticed that before! Thanks for telling me!

  • @indianswagvines9289
    @indianswagvines9289 Před 6 lety +5

    good video please explain the ssd work process

  • @lowvoltageghost888
    @lowvoltageghost888 Před 3 lety +4

    Your videos are amazing, you have earned a new sub, thanks for all the info and awesome animations you have created.

  • @missingno2401
    @missingno2401 Před 5 lety +44

    "so no dust gets inside"
    *discs are very dirty*

  • @limitless1692
    @limitless1692 Před 3 lety

    I knew how one disk hdd worked .
    But now i get it , how this modern multiple disks drives work :)
    Thanks

  • @user-qw2bc1gt9f
    @user-qw2bc1gt9f Před 2 měsíci

    شكرا لك Jared Owen ❤

  • @enterprise59
    @enterprise59 Před rokem +1

    And watching this 8 years later.. SSD's are the main stay of PC's today.

    • @stephensnell5707
      @stephensnell5707 Před 10 měsíci

      Not entirely,Hard Drives will not get outdone by SSD Drives

  • @khawamessa5794
    @khawamessa5794 Před 4 lety +1

    شكرآ Ali Sabor على الترجمة 👍

  • @KNOWS_BG.
    @KNOWS_BG. Před 4 měsíci +1

    9yrs later we still use it

  • @mountainous_port
    @mountainous_port Před rokem

    Your channel is gold! I just need to say that.

  • @snehasingh1929
    @snehasingh1929 Před rokem

    such a brilliant video

  • @RedtheHeeler
    @RedtheHeeler Před 3 lety

    I used to take these apart all of he time at my dad’s work.

  • @creationterminator
    @creationterminator Před 4 lety +7

    "Old, but not Obsolete" - Arnold Schwarzenegger

  • @srinukondapalli6160
    @srinukondapalli6160 Před 4 lety +2

    SSD....It's first for me...I didn't heard about it till now

  • @Remi.M45
    @Remi.M45 Před 3 lety

    This dudes videos are so good man !

  • @421sap
    @421sap Před 8 měsíci

    Thank you, Jared

  • @Tulien1
    @Tulien1 Před 2 lety

    Don’t stop making videos ever

  • @aanandhivb
    @aanandhivb Před 6 lety +2

    Thank you so much for the video! I finally understood the main part! Excellent video

  • @d0g3br34d
    @d0g3br34d Před 2 lety

    HDD for life!

  • @Anudish12345
    @Anudish12345 Před 3 lety

    I am indian sir your explanation is very nice

  • @SesviR
    @SesviR Před 5 lety +2

    I like hard drives more because it has a nice sound

  • @kh23797
    @kh23797 Před rokem

    Drives fail. As an IT tech, I see a _lot_ of data loss, and often hear, "I _meant_ to back up, but didn't get around to it..." Well, luck is unreliable, so back up important stuff regularly, keeping copies online and/or at remote sites. Google Drive, MS OneDrive, and Carbonite are just three of many (often free) 'cloud storage' options.

  • @skz2993
    @skz2993 Před 4 lety +1

    MASHA ALLAH , ALLAHO AKBAR. SUBHAN ALLAH . THANKS FOR SUCH BEAUTIFUL INFORMATION. NEXT TIME HOPE YOU DESCRIBED FULLY ABOUT SSD. AND ITS COST IN INDIAN RUPPEE. ONCE AGAIN THANKS

  • @Rationalist101
    @Rationalist101 Před 6 lety

    It's amazing how a platter can store information

    • @Dargonhuman
      @Dargonhuman Před 5 lety

      Platters: They're not just for food anymore!

    • @OopsieGoopsie
      @OopsieGoopsie Před 5 lety

      It's just like a cd

    • @Dargonhuman
      @Dargonhuman Před 5 lety

      @@OopsieGoopsie Not exactly; CDs store information by having the data physically burned into the material, which is why most disc-based media is one-time use. Magnetic discs store information by altering the magnetic field of the disc, which makes them rewriteable as the field can be altered again and again.

    • @tredI9100
      @tredI9100 Před 5 lety

      *I T ' S A M A G N E T I C P L A T T E R*

  • @ORGANIZEDCoNfUsioN
    @ORGANIZEDCoNfUsioN Před 4 lety

    I had no idea, that was great.

  • @pickachublast8
    @pickachublast8 Před 5 lety +1

    I think the hard drive rotated in the wrong direction, but informative! I didn't know about the sectors part

    • @JaredOwen
      @JaredOwen  Před 5 lety

      Thanks Kevin - this was one of my early animations where I was still learning!

    • @stephensnell5707
      @stephensnell5707 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@JaredOwenif you did not understand the functioning of Hard Drives why on Earth did you make the Video?
      My advice to you is ONLY MAKE VIDEOS ON THINGS YOU ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND

  • @martinfarfsing5995
    @martinfarfsing5995 Před 3 měsíci

    Good stuff , thanks ..........I'd say 10 more years before hard drive is obsolete. Graphite semiconductors may replace it.

  • @hicmacijom3117
    @hicmacijom3117 Před 5 lety +10

    What's inside a hard drive?
    Answer: atoms

    • @Rainbow__cookie
      @Rainbow__cookie Před 5 lety +2

      When a harddrive breaks
      The data: gone redused to atoms

    • @LuigiCotocea
      @LuigiCotocea Před 4 lety

      Yeah dont say about minecraft save file of my world

  • @SakthivelNadar
    @SakthivelNadar Před 4 lety

    Underraterd knowledge youtuber

  • @sagarpuri7838
    @sagarpuri7838 Před 3 lety

    Please explain me the technology behind manufacturing such devices in next video.

  • @xnx304
    @xnx304 Před rokem

    many thanks

  • @pavankalyanp5467
    @pavankalyanp5467 Před 4 lety

    Your videos are awesome bro

  • @Tivis7
    @Tivis7 Před 4 lety +3

    Read the "what's inside" title. and immediately had Flashbacks

  • @GamesAndWeirdStuff
    @GamesAndWeirdStuff Před rokem

    That Leaves Me With TWO BURNING QUESTIONS
    1. What Makes The Hardrive Break When You Open It?
    2. How Does A SSD Work?

    • @Drag0nmaster
      @Drag0nmaster Před rokem +1

      First one, I believe dust gets into it, (as he said) and it makes the magnet connection on a hdd arm thing not able to read as well, but I'm probably wrong so take this with a handfull of salt

    • @GamesAndWeirdStuff
      @GamesAndWeirdStuff Před rokem

      @@Drag0nmaster Thank You For Trying To Explain At Least... Lol I made this comment 7 months ago but no one responded until you!

  • @tigeruppercut2000
    @tigeruppercut2000 Před 20 dny

    Hahah when I was younger being the tinkerer I was I opened up my harddrive in an attempt to try and fix it. This was back when harddrives were only 320mb or so

  • @PeterLasah
    @PeterLasah Před 2 lety

    #Jared Owen we use DVD player which is different than hard drive but I didn't know how it works

  • @hippopotamus86
    @hippopotamus86 Před 5 lety +5

    It's not sealed, and the platters spin the other way.

    • @jasonmurawski5877
      @jasonmurawski5877 Před 5 lety

      It is sealed

    • @1003Alfred
      @1003Alfred Před 5 lety +1

      Some newer hard drive is filled with helium so it has to be sealed.

    • @hippopotamus86
      @hippopotamus86 Před 5 lety

      @@jasonmurawski5877 www.howtogeek.com/127433/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-do-not-cover-this-hole-hole-on-hard-drives/

  • @aaravamitabhmishra8675

    Thanks for that.

  • @alejandroalzatesanchez
    @alejandroalzatesanchez Před 4 lety +1

    Critical Error: the disk's rotarion is in the wrong direction press any key to reboot the computer

  • @LuigiCotocea
    @LuigiCotocea Před 5 lety +79

    What inside?
    Uhh *All porn files*

    • @Aven-Sharma1991
      @Aven-Sharma1991 Před 4 lety

      Luigi Cotocea: ALL of them?? Pfffft.... 😒👎🏾

    • @mayabartolabac
      @mayabartolabac Před 4 lety +1

      Imagine deleting system 32 just for more porn files

  • @Scripture-Man
    @Scripture-Man Před 4 lety +2

    So you've got a fast-spinning disk, being read by an arm moving faster than the eye can see, at a microscopic distance? Makes me realize how fragile these things are. Now I feel scared about mine breaking!

    • @johnuferbach9166
      @johnuferbach9166 Před 4 lety +1

      as long as you don't drop it / open it ect. it should hold up pretty well :)

    • @stephensnell5707
      @stephensnell5707 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@johnuferbach9166you mean etc

  • @Nick41622
    @Nick41622 Před 7 měsíci

    Now. The time has come.

  • @sanjoyghosh4625
    @sanjoyghosh4625 Před 4 lety +1

    How SSD works?

  • @planet9292
    @planet9292 Před rokem

    Just a quick in and out animation.

  • @pothishwar.s9667
    @pothishwar.s9667 Před 6 lety +3

    How to repair hard drive and back sterr

  • @aronmoon3179
    @aronmoon3179 Před 4 lety

    Hmm, I am a bit disappointed by this video.
    Normally I expected more detailed knowledge.
    But okay, still better then the rest of CZcams ;)

  • @chesdasann3345
    @chesdasann3345 Před 5 lety

    you should give us more detail about what some other parts of the hard drive do

    • @JaredOwen
      @JaredOwen  Před 5 lety

      Another video maybe :)
      I'll probably do the SSD this time

  • @Crashed131963
    @Crashed131963 Před rokem

    I'm not a computer savvy guy and never knew what a SSD was.
    My 2010 PC died and I bought a $400 budget laptop with a SSD.
    Seeing windows 10 boot up in 4 sec still freaks me out.

  • @UnixDZN
    @UnixDZN Před 3 lety

    Well hard drive is still usefull tho for main storage and the ssd for make every process faster

  • @arrasiodev3800
    @arrasiodev3800 Před 5 lety

    Nice video dude great job😁👍

  • @coondogtheman
    @coondogtheman Před 5 lety +3

    The disk is turning in the wrong direction.

  • @lyimoej7198
    @lyimoej7198 Před 5 lety

    You rock jared owen

    • @JaredOwen
      @JaredOwen  Před 5 lety

      Thanks Lyimo

    • @lyimoej7198
      @lyimoej7198 Před 5 lety

      Jared Owen you are welcome brother....i’m a teacher & i’m so much inspired by your educational animation. I will use them to educate students in my classes here in tanzania.

  • @shelinaazmerydolly9078

    Can you please show how earthquakes occur and what are tectonic plates?

  • @glenn_r_frank_author
    @glenn_r_frank_author Před rokem

    It is seven years after this video was made... and I think mechanical hard drives have been obsolete for many years already.

    • @aresivrc1800
      @aresivrc1800 Před rokem

      Disagree. While SSD without a doubt is the future and keeps gaining market share there are still a lot of use cases for HDDs:
      - Still cheaper per Gigabyte than SSDs
      - higher capacity than SSDs
      - Unlike the Flash Memory in SSDs, HDDs can be overwritten an unlimited amount of times without issues.
      - HDDs do not loose data even when removed from power for years
      - Still the primary choice for data center drives
      - Ideal for large data which low performance requirements like video files

  • @TheRealSkullKid
    @TheRealSkullKid Před 2 lety

    I still think hdd are better for storing a lot of files and games that are not priority, ssd are better but more expensive per GB

  • @goethiadr.k1014
    @goethiadr.k1014 Před měsícem

    Esse tempo é agora.

  • @ouanouachannel11thgamerfro16

    Do How Bowling alley does work pls

  • @KalaGora031
    @KalaGora031 Před 3 lety

    Time has told, only took 6 years!

  • @DuckyBecomesIean
    @DuckyBecomesIean Před 4 lety +3

    Os in ssd, everything else will be in my hard drive

  • @ArclampSDR
    @ArclampSDR Před 3 lety

    1. harddrive is pinning the wrong way.
    2. there is no parking block for the heads when they are off the platters

  • @devinlucaschu9123
    @devinlucaschu9123 Před 5 lety

    Hey there I wonder why there no head parker over there and I hope the heads don’t got stick together and break

  • @user-eb1jx7mg3e
    @user-eb1jx7mg3e Před 3 lety

    Can you explain to us, how a hardware works?
    Can you explain to us how software works, it is a hardware or what ?
    What parts of hardware?

  • @suitman1308
    @suitman1308 Před 4 lety

    Do what’s inside an ssd and an sshd please it would be interesting

    • @stephensnell5707
      @stephensnell5707 Před rokem

      Actually those are less interesting as they are not made are durable and tough as hard drives are

  • @hamoodibtw5550
    @hamoodibtw5550 Před 3 lety

    About 5 years later

  • @4ECYCLING
    @4ECYCLING Před rokem

    Its Ammazing 😊

  • @manjushatagalpallewar1777

    Make a video on gramophone

  • @tylerb1310
    @tylerb1310 Před 4 lety

    Now make one on soft drives please

  • @gabracal
    @gabracal Před 4 lety

    Also the platters spin in the wrong direction.

  • @dr.mehermistry1191
    @dr.mehermistry1191 Před 2 lety

    Please make some new videos too

  • @NanoCubeOG
    @NanoCubeOG Před rokem

    legit a terabyte of information is now smaller than a pinky nail

  • @BcomVALA
    @BcomVALA Před 5 lety

    Beautiful good

  • @artiefuzzz2020
    @artiefuzzz2020 Před 5 lety

    You can use themto make music go check The floppytron

  • @minestreem-official
    @minestreem-official Před 5 lety

    very realistic!!!!!!!

  • @tredI9100
    @tredI9100 Před 2 lety

    *_It's Disassembly 3D._*

  • @nigeldlima8389
    @nigeldlima8389 Před 3 lety +1

    POV your reading the comments while watching the video

  • @izabelastrak4664
    @izabelastrak4664 Před 4 lety

    I would like a video on how an M2 SSD works. Its a SSD that you plug into the M2 port on the mainboard. Only most recent mainboards have a m2 slot though

  • @seyiekokoko9202
    @seyiekokoko9202 Před 2 lety

    Sir, can u explain how a CD disk works?? Pliz

  • @normal_human-dh3kz
    @normal_human-dh3kz Před 3 lety

    Nostalgia…..

  • @theonecommenter
    @theonecommenter Před 5 lety

    Solid state

  • @NueeHfsx
    @NueeHfsx Před 3 měsíci

    ves were harmed in the making of this video!

  • @bowlofrice9316
    @bowlofrice9316 Před 4 lety

    Where were you when I needed to find a video for my hard drive presentation

  • @zymonlimos5392
    @zymonlimos5392 Před 4 lety

    Man make it a long video but not too long

  • @iammeobviously6815
    @iammeobviously6815 Před 3 lety

    If u take it apart and it wont work again, how do they assemble it