Data Recovery Glossary > Disk

Disk is a storage device or medium used for storing digital or computer information. It is a thin platter coated with magnetized material to store data.

Disks are generally categorized into three types hard disk, floppy disk and optical disk. Disks are used to store machine readable data. Every disk has a read/write head that helps in easy accessing of data stored. However disks store considerable amount of data but does not access the data faster than main memory.

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