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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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