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Changes in HDD Sector Usage After 30 Years

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday March 23, 2006 @07:07PM from the new-and-improved dept.

freitasm writes "A story on Geekzone tells us that IDEMA (Disk Drive, Equipment, and Materials Association) is planning to implement a new standard for HDD sector usage, replacing the old 512-byte sector with a new 4096-byte sector. The association says it will be more efficient. According to the article Windows Vista will ship with this support already."

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Finally! by Zo0ok · 2006-03-23 19:41 · Score: 1, Redundant

Finally! This is what I really wanted for years. Cant believe this innovation has not been materialized earlier. This is great for perfomance, TCO, iPods, everything. I cant wait to get my hands on one of those new goodies!