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how are the blocks of information on a hard drives labeled? do they follow a specific numbered scheme for each block? if a hard drive is fragmented, what are the labels or addresses of the parts with information? is it a simply numeric: 1, 2, 3, etc.? or does it look something like: 0x1, 0x2, 0x3, etc.? perhaps harddrive blocks all start with a prefix? it's for a design project. i have 10 horizontally aligned squares and i want to label them. what should their labels look like? | ||||
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If you want to know about how hard drive blocks are addressed, check Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_sector The examples you give are just decimal and hexadecimal numbers. They are not specific to hard-drives. The 0x notation is just a way to denote hex numbers in code. I'm not a designer, but if you're looking for the simplest thing that works, use decimal numbers zero through 9 to number your squares. That gives you the bonus of being compatible with any numbering system with a base greater than or equal to 10. | |||
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