柱面、磁头及扇区 Cylinders,Heads and Sectors 蒋峻岭 1997-01-01   Cylinders are concentric regions on the hard disk platters with cylinder 0 usually located at the outer edgeCylinder numbers start at zero so if your hard disk has 900 cylinders,valid cylinder numbers are from 0-899.   柱面是指硬盘盘片上具有相同半径的区域,其0柱面通常位于硬盘外缘。柱面号以0开始,因此,如果硬盘有900个柱面,则有效的柱面号为0~899。   The heads of a hard disk are used to read and write data.Heads are mounted on an actuator that positions them to a given cylinder locationn.Head numbers start at zero so if your drive has 9 heads,valid head numbers are from 0-8.   硬盘的磁头用于读写数据。磁头安装在一个使它们定位于给定柱面的驱动臂上。磁头号以0开始,因此,若硬盘有9个磁头,有效的磁头号为0~8。   A sector is the smallest physically addressable unit of storage on a hard disk. Most hard disks have 512 bytes per sector.Sector numbers start at one so if your drive has 17 sectors,valid sector numbers are from 1-17.   扇区是硬盘上可编址的最小物理存储单元。大多数硬盘的每扇区为512字节。扇区号从1开始,这样,如果硬盘有17个扇区,则有效的扇区号为1~17。