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onraglanroadyesterday at 9:43 PM1 replyview on HN

More modern hard disks included the drive mechanism in one unit.

They used to be separate, so you would mount the hard disk on the drive to make it accessible.


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dcminteryesterday at 10:12 PM

Yeah, we used to have a couple of the removable phoenix platters knocking around.

Of course now everything tends to be solid state even terms like "drive" are becoming less common.