8" drive variations

---snip--- Hi The only time this gets in the way is when you have a hard sectored controller that needs to see composite index and sectors. Most all of the hard sectored controllers I've seen, require the composite. These are like the H89/H8, Polymorphic 8813 and N*. For those that just need the index, like soft sectored, the separator isn't a problem. For most micro cases that I know of, the separator is a problem ( including my Nicolet 1080 ). These need the raw composite to see both index and sector marks together. The biggest issue I see is density and number of sides. As I recall, the two sided have a different location for the index hole( at least I think it is the sides, not density ). The SA800 and SA900's are single sided single density drives. On soft sectored, the size of your sectors is up to you. You just have to make sure that the gap sizes are enough to not overlap and that they are wide enough that the write enable turns off soon enough, from the controller, to not overlap the next sector. Dwight _________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE Web site, company branded e-mail and more from Microsoft Office Live! http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/mcrssaub0050001411mrt/direct/01/