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Landing Zone

A non-data area on the disk's inner cylinder where the heads can rest when the power is off.

Lost Cluster Chain

This is a cluster on disk that is not registered as free, but does not have any known data in it.

Low Level Format

The first step in preparing a drive to store information after physical installation is complete. The process sets up the handshake between the drive and the controller.