| Subject | English | German |
| drv. | ball-disk drive | Kugelscheibengetriebe |
| transp. | brake disk drive pin | Bremsscheibe-Mitnehmerfederkranz |
| tech. | cartridge disk drive | Wechselplattenlaufwerk |
| comp. | cartridge disk drive | Plattenkassettenlaufwerk |
| microel. | disk cartridge drive | Diskettenspeicher (storage) |
| comp. | disk drive | Plattenspeichergerät |
| tech. | disk drive | Laufwerk |
| tech. | disk drive | Diskettenlaufwerk |
| gen. | disk drive | Platteneinheit |
| IT, tech. | disk drive | Magnetplatteneinheit mit Laufwerk |
| microel. | disk drive | Magnetplattenspeicher |
| microel. | disk drive | Plattenspeicher |
| comp. | floppy disk drive | Diskettenlaufwerk |
| tech. | disk drive | Speicherlaufwerk |
| IT, tech. | disk drive | Magnetplattenlaufwerk |
| IT, tech. | disk drive | Magnetplatteneinheit |
| comp., MS | disk drive | Laufwerk (A hardware device that reads data from and writes data to floppy disks) |
| tech. | disk drive | Plattenlaufwerk |
| comp. | disk drive | Plattenspeicherlaufwerk |
| microel. | disk drive system | Plattenspeicheranlage |
| microel. | disk drive unit | Diskettenspeicher |
| microel. | disk drive unit | Plattenspeicher |
| microel. | disk drive unit | Magnetplattenspeicher |
| microel. | disk drive unit | Plattenspeichereinheit |
| tech. | disk storage drive | Speicherlaufwerk |
| busin., IT | disk storage drive | Plattenspeicherlaufwerk |
| IT | double floppy-disk drive | Doppeldiskettenlaufwerk |
| microel. | dual disk drive | Diskettendoppellaufwerk |
| busin., IT | fixed disk drive | Festplattenlaufwerk (nicht wechselbares) |
| busin., IT | fixed disk storage drive | Festplattenspeicherlaufwerk |
| busin., IT | flexible disk drive | Diskettenlaufwerk |
| microel. | flexible disk drive for mass storage | Diskettenspeicher für Massenspeicherung |
| microel. | flexible-disk cartridge drive | Floppy-Disk-Speicher |
| microel. | flexible-disk cartridge drive | Diskettenspeicher |
| IT, dat.proc. | floppy disk drive | Floppydisk-Laufwerk |
| comp. | floppy disk drive | Diskettenlaufwerk |
| microel. | floppy-disk drive | Diskettenlaufwerk |
| microel. | floppy-disk drive | Diskettenspeicher |
| comp., MS | floppy disk drive | Diskettenlaufwerk (A hardware device that reads data from and writes data to floppy disks) |
| microel. | floppy-disk drive | Floppy-Disk-Speicher |
| IT | floppy disk drive | Floppy-Laufwerk |
| microel. | floppy-disk drive | Floppy-Disk-Laufwerk |
| tech. | floppy disk drive | Floppylaufwerk |
| comp., MS | floppy disk drive | Diskettenlaufwerk (A hardware device that reads data from and writes data to floppy disks) |
| comp. | floppy disk drive | Floppy-Disk-Laufwerk |
| comp., MS | hard disk drive | Festplattenlaufwerk (A hardware device, or a logical partition of it, that reads data from and writes data to hard disks) |
| comp., MS | hard disk drive | Festplatte (A hardware device, or a logical partition of it, that reads data from and writes data to hard disks) |
| busin., IT | hard disk drive | Festplattenlaufwerk (nicht wechselbares) |
| tech. | hard disk drive | Festplatteneinheit |
| comp., MS | hard disk drive | Festplattenlaufwerk (A hardware device, or a logical partition of it, that reads data from and writes data to hard disks) |
| comp. | hard disk drive | Festplattenlaufwerk |
| busin., IT | hard disk storage drive | Festplattenspeicherlaufwerk |
| microel. | magnetic disk drive | Magnetplattenlaufwerk |
| microel. | magnetic disk drive | Magnetplattenspeicher |
| IT | mini-disk drive | Minidiskettenlaufwerk |
| opt. | rotating disk drive motor | Drehscheibenantriebsmotor |
| microel. | twin floppy-disk drive | Floppy-Disk-Doppellaufwerk |
| IT | Winchester disk drive | Winchester-Plattenlaufwerke |
| busin., IT | winchester disk drive | Festplattenlaufwerk (wechselbares) |
| comp., MS | zero power optical disk drive | optisches Laufwerk mit Zero-Power (Pertaining to the ability to reduce the power consumption of optical disk drives in the operating system to zero to save energy when the drives are not in use) |
