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Device configuration overlay (DCO) is a hidden area on many of today's hard disk drives (HDDs). Usually when information is stored in either the DCO or host protected area (HPA), it is not accessible by the BIOS (or UEFI), OS, or the user. However, certain tools can be used to modify the HPA or DCO.
The data returned gives information about the drive attached to the controller. There are three ATA commands involved in creating and using a host protected area. The commands are: IDENTIFY DEVICE; SET MAX ADDRESS; READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS; Operating systems use the IDENTIFY DEVICE command to find out the addressable space of a hard drive.
In 2008, Hard Disk Sentinel DOS version was released in different formats on bootable pen drive, CD, floppy. Usable when no operating system installed (or if the system is not bootable otherwise) to detect and display temperature, health status of IDE, SATA hard disk drives and with limited AHCI controller support.
The type of drive. 0xF8 is used to denote a hard drive (in contrast to the several sizes of floppy). 0x16 2 bytes 0x0000 Unused This field is always 0 0x18 2 bytes 0x003F Sectors Per Track The number of disk sectors in a drive track. 0x1A 2 bytes 0x00FF Number Of Heads The number of heads on the drive. 0x1C 4 bytes 0x0000003F Hidden Sectors
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Before Windows 7, the system and boot partitions were, by default, the same and were given the "C:" drive letter. [7]: 971 Since Windows 7, however, Windows Setup creates, by default, a separate system partition that is not given an identifier and therefore is hidden. The boot partition is still given "C:" as its identifier.
Address Book Quick Find • Within your address book, type in your contact using the Quick Find search bar. There may be times your contact is not displayed in the same order as before. • If the issue still exists, proceed to the next step. Compose/Write email window • Open a new email by clicking the Write button on the toolbar.
Change any of the following settings, then click Save to finalize your selection: • Inbox Style Select what type of inbox you want. • Mail Away Message Create and enable away messages.