>> "One estimate for 4K sector technology puts this at 100 bytes of ECC >> data needed for a 4K sector, versus 320 (40x8) for 8 512B sectors. > > Yes, that's about 5% (5,37% to be exact) you'll gain from 4k sectors.
Perhaps a bit more than 5% due to fewer inter-sector gaps. Since they are kept small by hard-disk makers, my guess [only a guess] is that the "gain" in disk capacity from 4K sectors is around 10% at best. So I agree with "Escape" -- > The question "Is 2,1Tb [or by my guess 2,2-TB] so more capacious than > 2,0Tb that we want to break compatibility?" Nonetheless, I plan to at-least "investigate" buying a spare hard-disk. The PC industry always works from an "All we want is MONEY!!" rule, and that says only NEW-equipment sales and availability! I "sense" a HIGH probability that 512-byte sector hard-disks shall soon VANISH, just as QUICKLY as diskette drives, AGP cards, etc. have done! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
