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How a Hard Drive works in Slow Motion - The Slow Mo Guys
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16,143,555 Views • Jun 10, 2012 • Click to toggle off description
Here is a previously unreleased video which was shot almost 2 years ago for our original trailer. Inside a hard drive. Plus a bit of unnecessary destruction.
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Genre: Science & Technology
Date of upload: Jun 10, 2012 ^^


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@dannyyodice4383

10 years ago

crazy to think 1 gig was worth $300,000 in 1981 and today we destroy 500 gigs to watch it happen again in slow mo lol

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@brynkeller4387

8 years ago

I know a 500 gig is cheap, but just watching the poor disc try to keep going just broke mah heart.

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@Qui-9

3 years ago

I'm astonished at how precisely the mass of that arm moves so quickly.

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@shibil0

3 years ago

Nobody: YouTube : Let's recommend this video in 8 years.

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@dbsirius

9 years ago

Windows says i need to clean my hard-drive, how much water do i use?

10K |

@snailey7342

8 years ago

you do realize there are easier ways to delete porn?

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@TheRedRaven_

3 years ago

Although slower than SSD, HDD is still very impressive, mechanically speaking.

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@ryancopetti3850

3 years ago

RIP to the hdd. That was emotional af, i almost teared up as i watched it struggle to death in slow mo

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@DarkRavenFilms

9 years ago

I admit... I think I died a little on the inside after seeing that perfectly made hard drive go through the "water-proof" test.

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@darthgamer6080

7 years ago

Now let's see an SSD run in slow motion... oh wait :P

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@homermorisson9135

1 year ago

First time watching this 10 years after it was uploaded, and even in 2022 I'm still bloody astonished at the level of engineering behind the insanely fast and yet insanely precise movement of the arm, and the actuator powering it.

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@DRMadeIt

6 years ago

Damn. To the point, no intro or outro. This is the YouTube I love and miss

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@Viniter

9 years ago

Ladies and gentlemen, the slowest part of your computer, right there!

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@MrMoo272

7 years ago

They are water proof until you take the lid off em, i play with mine in the bath all the time...

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@mariuscarter7098

3 years ago

After eight years, Windows 7 booted, Internet Explorer opened and YouTube recommended this video. Time travel is possible

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@beardymcbeardface69

3 years ago

The thing that I find even more amazing than the speed of the head movement, is that while moving at that speed, the head is seeking to tracks which are just 10's of nanometres wide. In just thousandths of a second, the head moves to a position that is accurate to 1,000+ times smaller than the thickness of a human hair!!!!!!! Old school spinning hard drives might be old tech now, but they are truely incredible in what they must achieve in order to store and retrieve out data.

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@ApertureSOOfficial

8 years ago

Am I the only one who got all emotional when I saw the water going on the hard drive?

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@SnazzyZubloids

9 years ago

I'd love to see a solid state drive in slow motion.  That would be some exciting footage. lolz

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@rishabhdhawad

3 years ago

YouTube recommending this video after 8 years .

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@setherz6104

2 years ago

It's "technically" waterproof with the platters (not the other wiring parts), but the second you open the casing, you're inviting a ton of dust and air particulates that can easily scratch those platters. That's why there's usually a filter in the hard drive to help keep any remaining particles out (after manufacturing).

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