The World’s Smallest Hard Drives

The smallest hard disk in the world was made by Toshiba. It weighs only two grams and measures just.85 inches, or approximately the size of a postage stamp or a quarter. Even the Guinness Book of World Records acknowledged it. Despite its diminutive size, the hard drive is available in two configurations that can store up to four or eight gigabytes of data each.

These days, personal computers require a lot more space than that, thus Toshiba's drive appears to be more beneficial for compact machines. 24 millimeters by 5 millimeters by 32 millimeters are its precise measurements.

It's important to note that this hard disk is the smallest functional hard drive available that is mounted within actual hardware. However, IBM produced a smaller hard disk in a technical sense back in 2017. A magnetic surface that was only 1 atom wide was used to store a single bit of data. That technically made it the tiniest hard disk that has ever been produced.

• Size:0.85 inches
  
  
• Creators: Toshiba