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Storage Kernel

The core of how your data is stored.

Videos about what really happens inside your phones, laptops and drives: where deleted photos go, why SSDs forget, and how file systems keep your data safe. I'm Mustafa, and I design file systems.

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Where Do Your Deleted Photos Actually Go?

When you delete a file, your computer removes only its name and marks its space as free. The data itself stays on the drive until something new is written over it, which is why deleted photos and files can often be recovered.

Runtime: 7:07
Chapters: 7
Story: 1982 → today

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Inside Drive City

What you'll find here

Glass towers of storage boxes, each lit from inside

For everyone

The storage you own

Phones, SD cards, SSDs and backups: what they really do with your files, and how to keep your photos safe or delete them for good.

A file's passport resting in a glass box

For engineers

File systems, from the inside

B-trees, journaling, recovery, the Linux storage stack and operating-system lessons, drawn in 3D and checked against real code.

A glowing name tag hanging in a long archive hall

True cases

When storage goes wrong

Real incidents, told as documentaries: what failed, why, and what it teaches anyone who builds or uses storage.

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