
The consumer electronics domain is an exciting new playing ground for internal hard drives because digital cameras and digital audio/video players are constantly throwing up new requirements balancing increased capacity and cost, which is what the internal hard drive does best. Most personal storage applications don’t require extreme performance, but high reliability is still a necessary trait. Personal storage applications do not require the hard drive to work non-stop, meaning they make fewer read/write operations.
#DESKTOP HARD DRIVES INTERNAL PC#
Nearly all storage applications on the desktop PC can be classified as personal storage. The internal hard drive uses a mechanical design, which is markedly different from the other popular permanent storage solution: Flash Memory. A set of components drives the platters and the heads perform data operations on the platters as they spin. Inside the internal hard drive, there are one or several platters for data storage and read/write heads used to access or record data. This type of storage device is non-volatile, meaning that it does not require constant power to maintain data. This means more fun for you and greater functionality for your computer and devices! Internal hard drives provide massive storage capacities for all types of data including images, documents, movies, music, games. The internal hard drive is a data storage device installed and used in desktop PCs, workstations, and servers, as well as certain consumer electronic products (these mainly use small form factor internal hard drives) such as digital cameras and digital audio/video players.
