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DOS FORMAT Definition |
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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS
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Solutions: Formatting: Formatting is the process of preparing a disk for data storage. This is done by organizing the disk into tracks and sectors on either a floppy diskette or a hard disk. During formatting, a diskette is divided into basically four sections. These sections are the boot record, the file allocation table (FAT), the directory, and the data space. The data space occupies the bulk of the diskette, the other three sections are used to support the data space. There are two types of formatting. They are listed below: Low-level formatting -is the process of writing tracks and sectors (called the interleave) on a new hard disk. High-level formatting - is the process of initializing the boot record, FAT and root directory areas in preparation for data storage. This information was taken from the Paul Mace Guide to Data Recovery, by Paul Mace. |
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