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Number of sectors per track in hard drive?

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Mar 15, 20264248 views
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Is the number of sectors fixed for each track in a hard drive? I am wondering about this because most hard drive specifications give an accurate value for rate. I am confused because I would imagine the inner tracks should contain less sectors than the outer tracks.

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sectors/track

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Number of sectors per track (more sectors on the outside as apposed to the tracks near the spindle,) ATA/IDE drives were much more efficient at storing data and have replaced the now archaic MFM and RLL drives. They use zone bit recording (ZBR), whe…

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