Does partitioning speed up access time?

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From: 23031_676
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1990 23:57

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I recently bought a Nec PowerMate 286, 10 mhz, with a Priam drive. Access speed
is supposed to be about 30 but is actually 50 with data thruput about 650. The 
disc is not partitioned; it is 42 mb. I asked the service magager of the dealer
if the speed of access would be improved by partitioning as 30/12, and he has 
denied it. Does anybody know whether he is wrong, i.e., that access would 
improve notably if partitioned?
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Ben Singer                                      Department of Sociology      
                                                University of Western Ontario
Singer@uwo.ca                                   London, Ontario
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