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Physical formatting
Physical formatting
is the division of
hard disk platters
into
tracks
,
sectors
, and
cylinders
.
Tracks
,
sectors
, and
cylinders
define the divisions in which a
hard disk drive
accesses a data from a
hard disk platter
.
synonyms:
low-level formatting
see also:
logical formatting
,
hard disk drive partitioning
,
hard disk drive
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