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From: alex@bilver.UUCP (Alex Matulich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Tell me the meaning of hard disk parameters!
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Date: 6 Oct 90 04:06:19 GMT
Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL
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I just bought a slightly used machine that came with a Conner CP-3104
100-megabyte hard disk.  Since it had been jostled around a bit in
transport, I decided to do a low-level reformat of the hard disk.  The
computer, an Aries 386, has a ROM utility that does this.

I was asked for the following parameters:

Number of Cylinders     776
Number of Heads           8
Sectors per Track        33
W-pcom present          Yes
W-pcom cylinder           0
Landing Zone              0

The second column above were the default values for these parameters.
I know what the first 3 and last one are, but what on earth is a
W-pcom?  Why is it on track zero?

Furthermore, I thought the "Landing Zone" was the track the heads land
on at power-up.  Should it be track 0?  I thought it would be better if
they landed on a track that is likely to never be used, like 776.

Please e-mail me any help you can give.  Everything seems to work fine
with the parameters above, but I'd feel more comfortable if I knew what
those last three are for!   Thanks....
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