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If a floppy drive is divided into tracks which are divided into sectors How large is each sector?
512 bytes of data
When the OS addresses the sectors on a hard drive as one log list of sequential sectors what is this technology called?
defragment
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.
What values are held in CMOS for hard drive?
Size (head, cylinders, sectors)
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.
How does block mode give faster access to a hard drive?
# transfers data from multiple sectors at once
How is a bit stored in an optical disk?
As data in binary format of 0 & 1 on hard drive sectors.
A floppy drive is divided into tow tracks which are divided into sectors How large is each sector?
about 512 bytes but when you format a disk you can change the size of each sector
What is a method of storing data on a hard drive whereby the drive can have more sectors per track near the outside of the platter?
Zone bit recording
