3.1 Data Space

3.1.3Track format

(1)Physical sector allocation

Figure 3.4 shows the allocation of the physical sectors in a track. The length in bytes of each physical sector and the number of sectors per track vary depending on the logical data block length. The unused area (G4) exists at the end of the track in formats with most logical data block lengths.

The interval of the sector pulse (length of the physical sector) is decided by the HDD internal free running clock frequency. This clock is not equal to the interval of the byte clock for each zone. Therefore, the physical sector length cannot be described with a byte length.

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Figure 3.4 Track format

(2)Track skew and head skew

To avoid waiting for one turn involved in head and cylinder switching, the first logical data block in each track is shifted by the number of sectors (track skew and head skew) corresponding to the switching time. Figure 3.5 shows how the data block is allocated in each track.

At the cylinder switching location in a head, the first logical data block in track t + 1 is allocated at the sector position which locates the track skew behind the sector position of the last logical data block sector in track t.

At the head switching location, like the cylinder switching location, the first logical data block in a head is allocated at the sector position which locates the head skew behind the last logical sector position in the preceding head. The last logical sector in the cell is allocated when formatting, and is an unused spare sector.

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MAW3073fc, MAW3147FC, MAW3300FC specifications

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