BPB - BIOS Parameter Block
Offset Size Description 00 word sector size in bytes 02 byte sectors per cluster (allocation unit size) 03 word number of reserved sectors 05 byte number of FATs on disk 06 word number of root directory entries (directory size) 08 word number of total sectors; if partition > 32Mb then set to zero and dword at 15h contains the actual count 0A byte media descriptor byte (see MEDIA DESCRIPTOR) 0B word sectors per FAT Additional/different fields for DOS 3.0+ 0D word sectors per track 0F word number of heads 11 word number of hidden sectors 15 11bytes reserved Additional/different fields for DOS 4.0+ 15 dword number of total sectors if offset 8 is zero 19 6bytes reserved 1F word number of cylinders 21 byte device type 22 word device attributes - located in the boot sector at offset 0Bh - see BOOT SECTOR