What Does Local Drive Mean?

A local drive is a computer disk drive that is installed directly within the host or the local computer. It is a computer’s native hard disk drive (HDD), which is directly accessed by the computer for storing and retrieving data.

Techopedia Explains Local Drive

Local drive is one of the most common use models and implementations of an HDD. It is installed in a computer through any of the motherboard disk interfaces such as serial, ATAPI or SATA. A local drive can be contrasted with a network or remote drive, which is installed on a network server and accessed over the network.