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They used to have 3,4, and even 5 platters. It could just be that he hasn't opened a drive for a decade or two.
by sophacles 17y ago
They used to have 3,4, and even 5 platters. It could just be that he hasn't opened a drive for a decade or two.
- thaumaturgy 17y agoOh, you're right. I forgot about that.
- baddox 17y agoThat wasn't decades in the past. Western Digital's VelociRaptor 600GB drive has 3 platters. Some of the new 4k sector drives have 3 platters. The first 1TB hard drives (obviously in the past) had 4 or 5 platters. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/1tb-hdd-roundup-3_2.html#sect1 http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/1tb-hdd-rou...
- sophacles 17y agoThanks! I personally haven't opened an hdd in 15 years, so I couldn't speak to newer drives. (and now I feel old :) )