: a device for reading and writing data on a magnetic disk
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The first one deletes all files and folders on a disk drive and leaves no means for restoring them.—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 July 2025 That’s why some organizations are taking steps toward building a DNA drive to store the deluge of data, in place of magnetic tape and disk drives.—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2024 The highest profile one: Texas Pacific and Roger McNamee's brand-new Silver Lake Partners teamed up in April to take private Seagate's $6 billion (sales) disk drive operation.—Kerry A. Dolan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024 Apple eventually opted to use a new 3.5-inch disk drive design from Sony, and Steve Jobs reportedly ordered all of the Macintosh Twiggy prototypes to be destroyed — but not all of them were.—Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for disk drive
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