The hard drive is mainly a data storage device which allows the user to store programs and personal data such as photos and music on their computer. The hard drive stores the main software such as the operating system. When the computer boots up it will look for a hard drive which has a bootable program on it such as the operating system (Windows, Linux or Mac) then is will boot into the operating system. Hard drives can also be used for other tasks like backing up data or transferring or storing data portably on a portable external hard drive.
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