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In article <8915@wpi.wpi.edu> jhallen@wpi.wpi.edu (Joseph H Allen) writes:
>I have one question about the boot sector though.  One of the entries is
>called "hidden sectors".  Exactly where are these hidden sectors and what are
>they used for?  All hard disks seem to have exactly 1 track of hidden sectors
>in each partition.
>-- 

Hello (again)....

  If you read my earlier posting before i CANNED it, sorry i was wrong
(confused).   the Hidden sectors are the number of sectors on the hard disk
before this BOOTABLE partition. (master boot partition & other partitions..),
the entry for reserved sectors is used for a possible longer boot record,
which i hope to use in a small Protected mode OS i am playing with...
  so there is normally one track of Hidden sectors before your DOS partition
the mormal first partition on the Drive... only this doesn't hold for 
extended partitions.. :-(,  the boot code itself primarily uses the hidden
sectors to find where on the disk it is....

			Jay

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Of course the above is personal opinion, And has no bearing on reality...