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When the OS addresses the sectors on a hard drive as one log list of sequential sectors what is this technology called?
defragment
A hard drive is divided into sectors?
512 512
What is it called when a hard drive writes a sector and skips one or more sectors then writes another one?
Interleaving.
What are the segments on a disk called?
Clusters are the smallest segments within disk sectors.Tracks are concentric circles on the hard drive.Pie-shaped wedges on the hard drive are called sectors.Platters are round, thin plates of metal that make up a hard drive.
What are the concentric circles on the disk surface of a hard drive called?
Tracks.The pie-shaped sections are called sectors.Groups of sectors make up a cluster.
What values are held in CMOS for hard drive?
Size (head, cylinders, sectors)
What is this technology called When the OS addresses the sectors of the hard drive as one long list of sequential sectors?
LBA (Logical block addressing) LBA (Logical block addressing) LBA (Logical block addressing)
Is it dangerous to have 4kb of bad sectors in my c drive?
Yes, typically a hard drive has 0 bad sectors. Once a drive starts to develop bad sectors it typically means that the drive is failing. If you don't want to replace the drive right now, you should back up your drive and keep the backup current.
What does it mean when your computer gives a error stating no hard drive found and it says it has bad sectors?
it means hard drive port is not working properly.
A technician suspects that a hard drive is beginning to fail.which two conditions would support this suspicion?
The hard drive is making unusual noises. The hard drive has a gradual increase in the number of bad sectors.
A hard drive stores data on?
hard disk save data on platters. On platters there are tracks and sectors in which the data is saved.
What are the main two componets of the master boot record on a hard drive?
There is the Master Boot Record and a Primary Partition in which can be formatted in NTFS or FAT32. There is also what is called platters on the hard drive which has two sides divided up into what looks like a record -- called tracks, and each track is divided into sectors.
