Disk pack
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Disk packs and disk cartridges were early forms of removable media for computer data storage, introduced in the 1960s.
1970s vintage 200 megabyte disk pack manufactured by Dysan, with the cover removed
Disk pack manufactured by Nashua, USA, without its protective cover. A 3.5" modern hard drive is shown for comparison.
Operator selects a disk pack
Bottom cover is removed
Hard disk drive platter
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A hard disk drive platter or hard disk is the circular magnetic disk on which digital data is stored in a hard disk drive. The rigid nature of the platters is what gives them their name. Hard drives t
Hard disk with platter
Inside view of a hard disk
Hard disk drive platter, 2.5" Samsung MP0402H
Destroyed hard disk, glass platter visible