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From: Carl Rohman
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 02:18

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Well then, does DOS start at the center and write towards the edge of
the disk, or does it start at the edge and write towards the center?



John Beardmore <wookie@wookie.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>In article <4fk04r$o7l@steel.interlog.com>, Laurent-David Hasson
><ldh@interlog.com> writes

>>I have a SCSI 1GB drive that i will partition in 2 blocks. One, small will be 
>>reserved for temp, garbage, and the SWAP file (Windows' 95). the other will be 
>>used to store apps, data files etc...
>>
>>I have read somewhere that there was actually quite a difference in performance 
>>depending on where data is on a disk. From what i understood, near he center of 
>>the disk, transfer rates and access times are quite higher than if the data were 
>>at the edge of the disk platter. Is that correct, is it the opposite, is it 
>>drive dependent, or is it just plain untrue?

>It's true of modern disks that keep more sectors / track at the edge of
>the disk.

>-- 
>John Beardmore

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