Install Floppies (Was: Compaq Deskpro boards/hard drives from

[Christian Corti]

On Mon, 26 Jul 2021, Peter Corlett wrote:
> When writing, PC-style disk controllers scan for the appropriate sector 
> header then switch to write mode to overwrite the old sector data. This 
> requires guard bands between sectors and sector headers. The PC's

This is not called a guard band. A guard band is the erased zone between 
tracks. What you mean is called sector gap, there are multiple gaps 
between sector headers and sector data.

Christian