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Hard Disk Drives (HDDs)
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Sign in View courseThis core lecture explains how mechanical hard drives work, including how platters, sectors, and heads function. You'll also learn about partitioning, logical vs physical sectors, and where evidence may be hidden on spinning disks.
Key topics:
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HDD internals: platters, sectors, cylinders
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MBR, GPT, and partition structures
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Slack space, unallocated space, and forensic residue
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Disk cloning and hashing practices