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Question posted by bmburns368 on January 16th, 2012

What Are The Number Of Cylinders, Heads And Sectors?

what are the number of cylinders, heads and sectors for thif drive?

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Answer #1: Posted by BusterDoogen on January 16th, 2012 5:31 PM
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1023 cylinders

Heads 16

Sectors 63

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Product Specifications - Page 1

... with exceptionally reliable products, advanced data protection technology and superior customer support. WD Caviar® Blue™ Desktop Hard Drives With SATA and PATA interfaces, and cache sizes ranging from 80 GB to 1 TB. Our WhisperDrive™ technology minimizes noise to 32 MB, WD Caviar Blue drives offer a full range of human hearing. Capacity We offer...
Product Specifications - Page 2

WD Caviar Blue Specifications1 Model number Interface Formatted capacity User sectors per drive LBA support SATA latching connector Actuator latch/auto park Form factor RoHS compliant2 Performance Data transfer rate (max) Buffer to host Host to/from drive (sustained) Cache (..., ± .01 in.) Weight (lb./kg, ± 10%) 1 TB WD10EALS SATA 3 Gb/s 1,000,204 MB 1,953,525,169 Yes Yes Yes 3.5-inch Yes...
Product Specifications - Page 3

WD Caviar Blue Specifications1 Model number Interface Formatted capacity User sectors per drive LBA support SATA latching connector Actuator latch/auto park Form factor RoHS compliant2 Performance Data transfer rate (max) Buffer to host Host to/from drive (sustained) Cache (MB) Rotational speed (RPM) Reliability/Data Integrity Load/unload cycles4 Non-recoverable read errors per bits...
Quick Install Guide (pdf) - Page 2

... contains no user-serviceable parts; only) or your WD hard drive serial number, model number, and date code. 5. Alternate Solution Intel® offers drivers for certain chipsets which provide BIOS...and use of the following the on-screen instructions to your system manual for drives larger than 137 GB hard drive without a controller card. Power off the computer and unplug the power cord....
Quick Install Guide (pdf) - Page 4

...) • Power Mac G3 all-in-one A Power Mac with a U-shaped mounting bracket installed in the rear drive bay is larger than 137 GB, you will be installed in Windows: 1. To install a hard drive smaller than 137 GB, you will need to use the DOS version of the jumper block). Autorun the CD to use...
Quick Install Guide (pdf) - Page 5

... system and BIOS limitations, visit our website at support.wdc.com or visit Microsoft® at support.wdc.com. To overcome this capacity barrier, hard drives higher than 32 GB. Interim Solution: 1. If your system locks up after carefully following problems Microsoft Knowledge Base Article ID# Windows Millennium FORMAT displays the size of...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 3

... Lifeguard Tools v11.0 Create a Bootable Diskette 9 View Installation Tutorial 10 Set Up Your Hard Drive 11 Install a New Boot Drive 11 Install an Additional Storage Drive 14 Install a Drive Larger than 137 GB 17 Drive-to-Drive Copy Utility 19 Hard Drive Information 20 Install the Hard Drive in a Macintosh System 21 22 Troubleshooting Operating System and BIOS Limitations 22 Alternate...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 5

... ! Mac G4 or greater (may require an Ultra ATA controller card with support for purchasing a Western Digital Enhanced IDE (EIDE) hard drive. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE 1 Before Getting Started Thank you for drives greater than 137 GB: PC ! Windows 2000 ! Quick Install poster ! Macintosh® OS v8.6 or later Additional system requirements for...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 6

... bag in anything other than the original packaging or Western Digital approved materials. ! Do not stack hard drives or stand your Western Digital hard drive on the large label at the top of the drive. The complete serial number, model number, and date code are on its sides only. Your warranty will void the warranty. Be aware...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 12

...as LBA or Translation Mode available in your system BIOS and select the CD-ROM drive as floppy disk drive), and the hard drive(s). 5. If you are F1, F2, or Delete. Find the boot order settings... drive capacity. Save your system BIOS does not have an Auto Config drive type or does not show full capacity, disable LBA, select User Defined, and enter 1023 cylinders, 16 heads, and 63 sectors for...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 13

... available at support.wdc.com/download. Data Lifeguard Tools contents: ! View Installation Tutorial - Set Up Your Hard Drive - overcome the 137 GB, 32 GB, or 8.4 GB system BIOS limitations. ! Copy all the files or a specific folder from one drive to -Drive Copy Utility - Register Online - Follow the directions as prompted. Note: The Windows and DOS versions of...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 14

... using Windows, your default Web browser will display in the model number. Note: The model number for your hard drive is not listed, you to create and print custom hardware installation ... the instructions as prompted to create and print your model number or the desired hard drive configuration, depending on whether you to select your custom instructions. 4. Select View Installation ...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 15

... of your system devices. 4. Data Lifeguard will take several moments to format or partition as an additional storage drive. Select Run Data Lifeguard Installation Software from the CD. Click on installing hard drives larger than 137 GB, see page 17. DATA LIFEGUARD TOOLS V11.0 - 11 a) If using the Windows version, the CD autoruns on...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 16

...number of partitions, file format, and the size of each partition. The Custom Partition Setup screen below appears. For instructions on the hard drive will not format or partition a currently installed boot drive (the drive..., then click Add Partition. Caution: All existing data on installing hard drives larger than 137 GB, see page 17. If you wish to create customized partitions, select the...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 19

... options, number of partitions, file format, and the size of the partition, then click Add Partition. If you must first click Delete to proceed with format and partition. Your hard drive is now... Select Installation Type as Add the drive as an additional device. If you wish to create customized partitions, select the box to 137 GB based on the hard drive. Caution: Continuing will erase all ...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 25

... that came with the Master/Slave jumper configuration in the following system configurations: a) If your Western Digital hard drive, so you must change the configuration to www.apple.com/support. Install the Hard Drive Less than 137 GB, you must install a Macintosh-compatible Ultra ATA/100 controller card. Cable Select is already designated as an...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 27

... 98SE (Second Edition) TROUBLESHOOTING - 23 Use the Data Lifeguard Tools software to determine if your system BIOS supports 8.4 GB or larger hard drives. It is an 8.4 GB hard drive limitation on some traditional system BIOSs. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE 2. Windows XP ! Boot from the Data Lifeguard Tools CD. - Other options are to ensure support of...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 29

... been identified and confirmed by Microsoft. SCANDISK reports errors on hard drives larger than 32 GB. Users should upgrade to support.microsoft.com and enter the specific article ID number. FDISK does not recognize the full size of partitions or logical drives larger than 64 GB incorrectly - Q263044* ! To download the Microsoft fix for each problem...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 30

...is used to enter the System BIOS are correct, but the system BIOS cannot recognize the hard drive. My hard drive is smaller than Cylinders, Heads, and Sectors; WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE Frequently Asked Questions This section contains answers to common hard drive installation questions by disabling LBA or choosing Normal or Standard CHS mode. 4. To search the...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 31

... your hard drive's capacity. If this issue and has released a fix for drives larger than 64 GB. Run the Data Lifeguard Diagnostic Tool from the drive. Here are entered manually. The tools will incorrectly show the capacity of attaining. The partitioning utility FDISK and the formatting utility FORMAT will install an overlay on the boot sector...

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