Re: write a long word on the hard disk

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From: Andrue Cope
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 08:11

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Marcello Scala,

> i say with a low level access to hd. (i want write on a single track).
>

Not possible. Modern disks are not accessed using heads/sectors/tracks 
but instead are accessed by specifying a Physical Sector Number. They 
/can/ be accessed using C:H:S but even then internally it's anyone guess 
where the data actually gets written.
--
Andrue Cope
[Bicester, UK]

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