Hi All, I changed the title a bit so it would be better to Search for later on. I added a X right after Delta in the thread we just finished. I will also tie the threads together to make it easier as we did before.

Ok then, all of the readers (that's you) have the first thread locked down. (Right?) Where you all have a most wonderful Maintenence, Back UP, and Security plan and procedure in place, right?
I sure hope so.

Now for hard drives. They have gotten bigger and faster since the last time we addressed this subject. And this time we are going from A to Z with hard drives so you will know what they look like inside and out, how they operate (Did you know the speed of the platter drags air with it and that is what keeps the head above the platter in operation.), how they are setup and interfaced to the software controls (What's a cylinder?), and finally how the data gets in and out of one of these here critters ( what is the boot mbr or a cluster?). And maybe we'll get into Partition Magic and other third party utility programs. And with the talent hanging in the wings, there is no reason each and everyone of us won't learn something.

Ok, let's get going. A hard drive is a storage device where you can put your data into and retrieve it some how. So the first question then is - Can you explain the physical hard drive and what is in it? These little dodads in this thing is what has got to be interfaced electronically to your software. Have at it and have fun.

The "DeltaX" and Stuff (Maintenence & Backups) thread can be found here