Assembly and connecting 
 
Embedded PC  79 
•  Auto  
The following parameters are automatically determined and displayed.  
Capacity 
Storage capacity of the hard disk. This value is calculated from the individual hard disk parameters. 
 
Cylinder 
Define or set the number of cylinders. Depending on the BIOS version and the manufacturer it varies between 1,024 
and 16,384 cylinders. 
 
Head 
Define or set the number of heads. The number is between 1 and 16 heads. 
 
Precomp 
Write pre-compensation, required for older hard disks. This parameter specifies the cylinder from which a difference 
in the information density is to be expected.  
 
Landing Zone 
This parameter defines the so-called landing zone or park cylinder. This is the resting position for the hard disk head 
when the hard disk motor is switched off. 
 
Sector 
Define or set the number of sectors per track. Up to 63 sectors are supported, for Phoenix up to 64.