One of my HDs is LBA?

[Tommy B]

LBA/CHS Help

I've got three HDs.

80GB Seagate Barracuda (LBA)
160GB Maxtor D'Max 10+ (LBA)
250GB WD Caviar 16MB Cache (CHS)

When my PC is booting it shows a summary of the drives, and my new Caviar comes up as CHS, where as the other two are LBA. Is this bad?

 

[Tommy B]

CHS & LBA ????

Hi,

Which is better/faster?

I just installed a new WD Caviar HDA and it's the only drive in CHS. I've no idea what that means though!

Cheers,

 

[div0]

LBA and CHS are just the ways in which the disk is addressed.

LBA = Local Block Adressing
CHS = Cylinder / Head / Sector Addressing

I believe LBA is newer, but I can't tell you much about the technical differences I'm afraid.

Try a google for "LBA CHS" or something like that....

Maybe this will help?: http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/bios/modesLBA-c.html

Sorry I can't give you a better answer.