4 Aug
2003
4 Aug
'03
7:37 p.m.
On Monday 04 August 2003 20:03, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Mike wrote:
Sorry in the earlier post Tony was referrring to head steps rather than
sectors
Is there a quick and easy way to tell them a
part?
Look for the media ID sensor.
Look for the drive model number.
install it, and see what it does.
In a previous thread on separating 5.25 drives
there was mention of
testing for the number of sectors. Does someone know where such a
program may be located?
NUMBER OF SECTORS???????
Drives don't have sectors.
The method I
use is to hook the drive up to an exerciser and check for
(a) the number of head steps between the limits (40 -> 360K, 80 ->
possible 1.2M, but maybe a standard data rate only drive, giving 720K on
. a pC).
And (b) the index timing -- can the thing give 6 index pulses per
> second (360rpm) or not?
>
> I find this to be the most reliable way of distinguishing between
> different drives...