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Which hole is used to mark the location of the first sector in a soft-sectored disk.

A. Address

B. Location

C. Index

D. Label

E. None of the above

Answer: Option C

Solution (By Examveda Team)

A small hole punched into a hard sectored floppy disk that serves to mark the start of the sectors on each track. Hard sectoring in a magnetic or optical data storage device is a form of sectoring which uses a physical mark or hole in the recording medium to reference sector locations. Soft sectored a floppy disk with a single index hole is known as a soft-sectored disk.

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