Practice Tracks And Sectors (30.6.1) - Storage Devices - Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 3
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Tracks and sectors

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Question 1 Easy

What is a track on a disk?

💡 Hint: Think of it as a ring on the disk.

Question 2 Easy

What does a sector do?

💡 Hint: It is like a small box where data is kept.

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Question 1

What is a track?

A type of disk
A circle on a disk
An application

💡 Hint: Visualize how data is arranged around the disk.

Question 2

Each sector typically holds how many bytes of data?

128 bytes
256 bytes
512 bytes

💡 Hint: Think about the size of a small file.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a layout for a hypothetical disk with 10 tracks and 8 sectors per track. What would be the total number of sectors on the disk?

💡 Hint: Consider how multiplication applies to organize sectors.

Challenge 2 Hard

In a scenario where sectors are overfilled due to excessive fragmentation, how would you approach reorganizing this data on the disk?

💡 Hint: Think about a tidy organization in a room.

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