Disk read/write head facts for kids

When writing data to the disk, the data needs to be written to a certain position on the disk. This is done by a component called disk read/write head.

Images for kids

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  A hard disk head and arm on a platter

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  Microphotograph of a hard disk head. The size of the front face is about 0.3 mm. One functional part of the head is the round, orange structure in the middle - the lithographically defined copper coil of the write transducer. Also note the electric connections by wires bonded to gold-plated pads.

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  Read–write head of a 3TB hard disk drive manufactured in 2013. The dark rectangular component is the slider and is 1.25mm long. The read/write head coils are to the left of the slider. Platter surface moves past the head from right to left.