Definition: Head Disk Assembly (HDA)


The mechanical components of a hard drive, including the disks, heads, spindle motor and actuator.




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FAT (File Allocation Table)

A data table stored at the beginning of each partition on the disk that is used by the operating system to determine which sectors are allocated to each file and in what order.

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