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It has been decades since the first disk came to the market, and it is still the best solution for an internal storage medium for computers. There are no computers anywhere which do not use a hard drive inside. Seagate is no more the only manufacturer either. Samsung is giving it a healthy competition, and several other companies have come up. To comprehend why the hard disk is so popular we need to know the reasons that prompted its success.

General Factors

What are the general reasons behind the success of any digital storage device? Let us look at these reasons first.

The device should have a high capacity. The greater the memory space the higher the demand for it. There was a time when even 1GB was a great deal of space. Now even one terabyte is not enough, sometimes even for home users. It must be remembered that as days go by the number of reasons as to why we use a computer will keep multiplying. We will never have ?enough? space. The floppy, the CD, the DVD, or even the USB drive does not have the sheer volume that hard disks offer.

The question of security is very important. Left alone by itself, a hard disk is merely a box with a certain amount of virtual space offered on it. And this is what makes it such a favourite. Unless infected material is kept on it, a hard disk cannot get corrupted. For those who use machines without an internet connection, there is really no chance of the data to get logically corrupted unless they delete or format something by mistake. This impenetrable quality makes the hard disk a great choice. All other digital storage media are portable and, therefore, the constant plugging in and out makes them more unsafe and easily prone to attacks from virus waiting in unclean disks or directly from the net.

The third greatest factor is price. The disk is still cheapest on a comparative scale. It is obviously many times costlier than a CD, DVD, or USB drive. But the amount of space it offers is much more than any of these devices and it is still is the best bargain at the price.

The convenience factor is behind the success of every digital device that has lasted for any length of time beyond a few years. The hard disk is easy to install, the formats have standardised, there is good after-sales service, and it is not a complicated device. Even a lay person knows a few things about the hard disk.

Special Factors

Then there are some factors specific to the hard disk only that help it to score above the rest of the devices. In fact, each successful format has its own set of unique advantages; otherwise they would not have been able to survive in the race in the first place.

The effective option of being able to connect all other cards, the board, the plug-in devices directly on to the hard disk helps in saving space inside the computer. It also makes for effective machine management, and most CPU assemblers are simply won over due to the sheer convenience of having this box inside.

The hard disk, with its convenience of RAM, ROM and increasing the cache memory as well is the best solution for those who mean to upgrade their machine later or have other hardware devices running from it as well. Everything is routed via the hard disk since it contains all the data, the OS, and any extra software to run these other applications.

Most people refer to their hard disk as their ?computer?. The whole idea is to use a machine optimally, putting each byte it offers to use. The hard disk is the best device in that way. It is the perfect example of value for money and the most economical as well as organised space where we can keep our entire data securely.

The hard disk is most compatible with most recognized OS and does not need any special arrangements to work. Its very high access speed makes it a sensible choice as well.

As further proof of its popularity, some mobile phone versions and DVD players are integrating mini hard disks within their system setups.

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