The same head also reads the stored data. Special software or firmware on the disk drive and the computer keep track of where any piece of information is stored. Older disk drives devoted one ...

He was 76. Mr. Shugart is considered one of the fathers of the computer disk drive, placing him in a pantheon of Silicon Valley luminaires. Alan F. Shugart was born in Los Angeles in 1930 and ...

However, the biggest reason why companies jumped at the chance to remove optical and hard disk drives from laptops is simple: it allows for more control. Back when computer programs and media were ...