A hard drive, also known as a hard disk drive, is a storage device used on many computers. A hard drive consists of spinning platters that store digital information read by fast-moving read/write ...

(1) An external hard drive that plugs into the computer via USB. See portable hard drive. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.

(1) A storage drive simulated in memory. See RAM disk. (2) A virtual hard drive (VHD) is a storage format that contains all the structural elements of a hard drive or solid state drive (SSD). It is ...

Solid state drives (SSDs) are faster and safer than regular hard disk drives (HDDs). On the other hand, hard disk drives tend to be less expensive than newer solid state drives. The best computer ...