The disk pack was covered with a clear plastic shell and a bottom cover when not in use.
The process was reversed to remove a disk pack.
She patted the optical disk pack tied down beside her.
She snapped the disk pack to her side and pulled down the light helmet with its ten-minute air supply.
You could not use today a hard drive from that era because those were disk packs that looked like washing machines.
A disk pack is the core component of a hard disk drive.
In modern hard disks, the disk pack is permanently sealed inside the drive.
To remove the disk pack, the drive would be taken off line and allowed to spin down.
Turning the handle would lock the disk pack in place and free the top shell for removal.
Formerly, removable disk packs were common, allowing storage capacity to be expanded.