Abit WI-2Pa User Manual page 30

3-4 Chapter 3
Cylinder
When disks are placed directly above one another along the shaft, the circular vertical
"slice" consisting of all the tracks located in a particular position is called a cylinder.
You can set the number of cylinders for a HDD. The minimum number you can enter
is 0, the maximum number you can enter is 65535.
Head
This is the tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to create and read back the
magnetic patterns on the disk (also called the read/write head). You can configure the
number of read/write heads. The minimum number you can enter is 0, the maximum
number you can enter is 255.
Precomp
The minimum number you can enter is 0, the maximum number you can enter is
65535.
Landing Zone
This is a non-data area on the disk's inner cylinder where the heads can rest when the
power is turned off. The minimum number you can enter is 0, the maximum number
you can enter is 65535.
Sector
The minimum segment of track length that can be assigned to stored data. Sectors
usually are grouped into blocks or logical blocks that function as the smallest units of
data permit. You can configure this item to sectors per track. The minimum number
you can enter is 0, the maximum number you can enter is 255.
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