Author Topic: Disk head collision?  (Read 443 times)

From a recent computer help topic I posted, it seemed like I was a victim of Disk Head Collision. It seems fixed now. But I don't understand how this works.

Here is my basic interpretation of a hard drive from what I've read in a book.







If this is correct, it's basically an ensemble of record players, without the big horns.
What I thought Disk Head Collision was, was when the heads of the "disk readers" colliding. Is this correct, or is it the heads colliding with the disk?

I was fairly sure there's only one disk in a hard drive....

I was fairly sure there's only one disk in a hard drive....
I remember reading this computer book some time back, where it was like, 4 or so disks on top of another. However it was an older book, and those devices could have been replaced.

You must be remembering wrong. Or confusing one drive with a RAID array or something, lol

You must be remembering wrong. Or confusing one drive with a RAID array or something, lol
It could be possible.
Mind you, this was a very old book.
At least 7 years old.


I found this on google


Average hard drives have one disk.
« Last Edit: March 27, 2011, 03:42:42 AM by HelplessNobb88 »

That sounds like a nerd researcho.

Average hard drives have one disk.
I have a 5GB hard drive from years ago that has that same stacking thing.