> >Yes, that's how "it" does it. 1/17th of the t [ Discussion of the fact that one block per track is unused on the hard disk. ] Question: Are these blocks accessible at all? What if I access the raw device? Could a special driver be written to utilize them? Rob Stampfli att!cbnews!res (work) osu-cis.cis.ohio-state.edu!n8emr!kd8wk!res (home)