What I want to know if the changes made in physical fields inside the disk increase or decrease its physical weight, even if the change is very small.
2006-08-17 08:06:46 · 8 answers · asked by gonetil 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Only the orientation of magnetic fields are changed, like rotating one-way signs.
2006-08-17 08:11:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No there is not any weight large difference. records is saved on the HDD by technique of replacing the orientation of magnetic debris to be examine both as 0 or a million. So no weight large difference occurs. See right here photo link for more effective information.
2016-11-25 22:46:35 · answer #2 · answered by hatti 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Correct. The discs within that store the data do so magnetically. It shifts points of data around so they are in a readable pattern. No material is added, and no material is removed.
If its very small I wouldnt really know.. You'd need a digital scale that measures to 1000th of an ounce.
2006-08-17 08:11:36 · answer #3 · answered by sbravosystems 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whether this hard drive has data on it or not, it has electrical charges on every section of the drive. It just the charges on the empty part of the drive are random. Same if it is unformatted.
And yes, I have had people ask me if they could make their laptop lighter by deleting the data off it. It is always hard to keep a straight face as I politely tell them it won't)
:-P (I don't have to keep a straight face here)
2006-08-17 08:16:54 · answer #4 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no change in mass, which determines weight. The change is in the molecular structure of the electrons. Simply put, they simply rearrange to conform to the request of the user. No mass is added or subtracted. This is also true, for the human brain.
2006-08-17 08:25:16 · answer #5 · answered by JUNK MAN 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The weight wouldn't change at all. Data on a hard drive is stored in binary form, where the state of 'stuff' is just flipped from one state to another (on to off and vice-versa).
2006-08-17 08:12:18 · answer #6 · answered by MrMonkey 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would actually think that stored information would actually make the disk lighter. Digital information in put on CDs by burning small and long cuts (like morse code) into it.
2006-08-17 08:11:51 · answer #7 · answered by DonSoze 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
None at all. No mass is added, just rearranged.
2006-08-17 08:12:04 · answer #8 · answered by Will 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋