Upgrading and Repairing PCs

Chapter 9. Magnetic Storage Principles

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	Table of content
	Copyright
	About the Author
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
	Chapter 1. Development of the PC
	Chapter 2. PC Components, Features, and System Design
	Chapter 3. Microprocessor Types and Specifications
	Chapter 4. Motherboards and Buses
	Chapter 5. BIOS
	Chapter 6. Memory
	Chapter 7. The ATA/IDE Interface
	Chapter 8. The SCSI Interface
	Chapter 9. Magnetic Storage Principles
		Magnetic Storage
		History of Magnetic Storage
		How Magnetic Fields Are Used to Store Data
		Read/Write Head Designs
		Head Sliders
		Data Encoding Schemes
		Encoding Scheme Comparisons
		Partial-Response, Maximum-Likelihood Decoders
		Capacity Measurements
		Areal Density
	Chapter 10. Hard Disk Storage
	Chapter 11. Floppy Disk Storage
	Chapter 12. High-Capacity Removable Storage
	Chapter 13. Optical Storage
	Chapter 14. Physical Drive Installation and Configuration
	Chapter 15. Video Hardware
	Chapter 16. Audio Hardware
	Chapter 17. I/O Interfaces from Serial and Parallel to IEEE-1394 and USB
	Chapter 18. Input Devices
	Chapter 19. Internet Connectivity
	Chapter 20. Local Area Networking
	Chapter 21. Power Supply and Chassis/Case
	Chapter 22. Building or Upgrading Systems
	Chapter 23. PC Diagnostics, Testing, and Maintenance
	Chapter 24. File Systems and Data Recovery
	Appendix A. Glossary
	Appendix B. Key Vendor Contact Information
	Appendix C. Troubleshooting Index
	List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
	Index

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