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GLOSSARY
Atari
Hard
Disk
Utilities
A
collection
of
programs
for
preparing,
operating,
and
maintaining your
Atari
MEGAFILE
or
SH
hard
disk
drive.
AUTO
folder
The
folder
on
a
hard
or
floppy
disk that
contains
files
that
are
read
when
your
system
boots from
a floppy
drive.
In
order
to
recog-
nize the
hard
disk,
this
folder
must
contain
AHDI.PRG
on
the floppy
boot
drive.
back up To make
an
archive
copy
of
a
disk, folder, or
file.
Backing
up
data
ensures
that
data
is
not
lost
if
a disk
is
accidently
damaged
or
erased.
bad
sector
list
A
log
of
the
bad
sectors flagged during
Format and
Markbad
operations.
Your
hard
disk
automatically avoids
saving data
to
the sectors
in
this log.
(See
Markbad.)
bad
sectors
Defects
on
the
disk
media
that
are
unable
to reliably
store
data.
boot
disk
The
disk
you use
to
boot
the
computer.
boot
sector
The
logical
drive
sector
that
stores information
about
that
drive.
cluster
Two
sectors
of
data.
A
cluster
is
the
amount
of
data
that
can be
added
or
subtracted
from
a
file
at
one
time.
(See
sector.)
cylinder Tracks
of
equal
radius
on
all
hard
disk
platters.
(See
tracks.)
error
message
An
alert
box
message
that indicates
a condition
that
prevents
the
program
from
continuing.
File
Allocation
Table (FAT) A
table that
shows
which
clusters
are
allo-
cated
and
which
clusters are free
on
a
drive.
The
File
Allocation
Table
is
created during
partitioning.
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