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Physical formatting

Physical formatting is the division of hard disk platters into tracks, sectors, and cylinders. Tracks, sectors, and cylinders define the divisions in which a hard disk drive accesses a data from a hard disk platter.

synonyms: low-level formatting

see also: logical formatting, hard disk drive partitioning, hard disk drive

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