What is a Disk drive?

What is a Disk drive?

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- A Disk drive is a computer device for reading or writing data from or into a storage media.
- A Disk drive is a hardware on which files can be stored.
- A Disk drive is a unit that houses a disk.

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Kavungya answered the question on April 2, 2019 at 08:20

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