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Changes in HDD Sector Usage After 30 Years

Posted by ryuzaki0 on 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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  1. That's nice by Mancat · · Score: 0, Troll

    So... If I write down a little 16-byte message to myself in Notepad containing a name and a phone number, it will take up 4096 bytes. That's good. Thanks. I guess since disks are getting so large, they have to find a way to help me waste the space even faster.

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