Tour of a harddrive plant

Harddrives may have lost some of its old glory with the launch of Solid State Drive technology but sales are still strong and the technology behind them is more advanced than you might think. At Tomshardware they have published a series of images from one of WD’s manufacturing plants where we get to see some 2TB harddrives take their first spins.

The picture walkthrough shows everything from the protective suits you need to wear to get in to how WD makes, mounts and tests its harddrives. A good watch and read for those who want to know more about harddrives.

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