Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
from the BIOS which only sees the
logical
format of tracks and sectors pres-
ented to it by the integrated electronics. This means that the disk can have a
much larger number of sectors on the outer tracks than on the inner tracks.
Consequently, a much greater proportion of the disk space is available for data
storage.
Photo 1.14
DIMM, ATA/IDE, and power connectors on modern motherboard
Photo 1.15
Drive bays in a tower PC (the hard drive has been removed)
