Labels:book | dialog box | hakham | person | window OCR: Meet the Mac The Hard Disk Drive Your hard disk holds the documents you create and the applications you use and 11 holds the Mac oS the system software that enables your computer to start up and run 20MB hard drive used to be the power user's choice; today drives that store hundreds and even thousands of megabytes are commonplace. A hard disk contains several precision -machined metal platters, stacked like records ir jukebox and sealed in dust-free enclosure. The platters spin at least 3600 How Hard Drive Works rpm some high- -performance drives spin at over 7000 rpm. As Chapter 25 describes, you can take several mea- sures to optimize your hard drive's perf formance: use folders extensively, keep file fragmentation in check, and partition the drive into smaller volumes The movie on this ...
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