Internal Hard Disk Drive

1stForm
Information
Technology

Secondary Storage

Hard Disk Drive

Lesson 1
Objectives

• Define and identify two examples of

common device interfaces.

• Explain how data is organized on hard disks.
• Appreciate the use of hard disks drives.

What do you
remember?

• Explain the difference

between storage device and
storage medium.

Open Ended

Storage device is . . . while device medium is. . .

Attaching Storage Devices
to the Computer System

• What type of cable do you use

to connect your smartphone to
your computer?

• Storage devices are attached to

the motherboard using cables
via a device interface.

• A device interface is a

connection between the rest of
the system and the disk drive
itself.

Multiple Choice

The connection between the disk drive and the computer system itself is called. . .

• Device Interrupted

• Device Connection

• Device Interface

• Device Contiuum

Common Device Interface

Interface Name

Comments

IDE

Integrated Drive Electronics

Very common on older computers.

SATA

Serial Advanced
Technology Attachment

Replaces IDE on newer computers because it has a faster data transfer
rate.

SCSI

Small Computer Systems
Interface

Aimed at small computer systems with multiple external storage devices
and other peripherals such as scanners.

USB

Universal Serial Bus

Commonly used for external hard disks and input/output devices.

Multiple Choice

There are four (4) common device interfaces. . .

• True

• False

Fill in the Blanks

Of the four common device interfaces, which are you most familiar with using?

Multiple Choice

The platters of a hard disk can be made of. . .

• Magnet and/or Steel

• Stainless Steel and/or Plexie

• Paper and/or Plastic

• Glass and/or Aluminum

Multiple Choice

The two (2) ways to access data/information on a storage device is . . .

• Direct or Sequential Access

• Random or Direct Access

• Serial or Sequential Access

• Cereal or Demanding Access

External Hard Disk
Drives

• These work in the same way as

IHDD.

• They are portable.
• They are connected to the

computer via the USB port.

Fill in the Blanks

A disk platter is divided into . . .

Questions?
Comments?

End of Lesson 1
See you on Wednesday

1stForm
Information
Technology

Secondary Storage

Hard Disk Drive

Lesson 2 Objectives

• Explain how data is written to a hard disk.

• Explain how data is retrieved from a hard disk.

• Appreciate the use of hard disk drives.

Fill in the Blanks

Fill-in-the-blank with either Volatile or Non-Volatile

memory allows very fast reading/writing of data because it's directly accessible by the CPU.

Fill in the Blanks

Fill-in-the-blank with either Volatile or Non-Volatile

memory allows slow reading/writing of data.

Notice the location of the read/write head.

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​Parts of the Internal Hard Disk Drive

Writing Data To a Hard
Disk

• When you show up for a doctor’s

appointment, you’re normally asked to
wait in a waiting area. Why would this
be?

• If the clinic didn’t have a waiting area,

what would happen?

• A buffer is a waiting area for data being

transferred between the very fast CPU
and a slow device.

I appreciate your patience!

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Retrieving Data from a Hard
Disk

• Seek time is the time taken to for the

head to move to the correct track.

• Latency is the time taken for the platter

to spin to the correct sector.

• Transfer time is the time taken for the

entire sector to pass under the
read/write head.

• Access time is the time taken to retrieve

data from the hard disk.

Open Ended

Use the picture to help explain how data is written to a hard disk. Use appropriate vocabulary.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following procedures best describe how data is retrieved from a hard disk?  The read/write head

• locates the SECTOR then determines which track the data is on.

• locates the TRACK then determines which sector the data is on.

   

Questions?
Comments?

End of
Lesson 2

Have a wonderful
weekend!