FDD and HDD Review

1) How many sectors on each side does a High Density have?

2) How many tracks on each side does a High Density disk have?

3) How many bytes can be stored in each sector of a High Density disk?

4) How many bytes can be stored on one side of a High Density disk?

5) How many total bytes can be stored on a High Density disk?

6) What is the Master Boot Record (MBR) and what sector is it located in on the disk?

7) Name at least 4 items that are kept in the Master Boot Record?

8) What does a floppy disk drive (and Hard Drive) have voltages of +5 volts and +12 volts going to it?

9) What color is the +12 volt wire? What color is the +5 volt wire?

10) How many pins does the data cable of a FDD have? How many pins does the data cable of the IDE HDD have?

11) What does a cylinder refer to in a relation to a HDD?

12) What is zone bit recording?

13) How many devices can an IDE primary cable support?

14) How many devices can be supported by most motherboards that have a primary & secondary IDE connectors?

15) When installing a HDD, what steps might you have to take to make the O/S recognize the Hard Drive (2)?

16) What does the red stripe on the IDE cable indicate?

17) When installing hard drives, the red strip should always be put on the same side as the _____________ of the hard drive.

18) When installing a FDD, the indicator light on the drive stays on. What error was most likely made when the drive was installed?

19) An ATA 66 hard drive has a data transfer rate of up to?

20) An ATA 100 hard drive has a data tranfer rate of up to?

21) When buying a packaged computer system from a vendor, the 20 gigabyte hard drive that comes with the system is probably an ATA ___________ and spins at ___________ RPM.

22) If you open the case of a HDD, you have just voided the ________________.

23) The most important attribute of hard dives is there ability to ____________ ___________ quickly. (2 word answer)

24) What does ATAPI stand for?