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In article <N.19990521.hvgj@sisyphus.demon.co.uk>, Dave Sparks
<Dave.Sparks.doesnt-want-junk-mail.$@sisyphus.demon.co.uk> writes
>>>>>> "DB" == Dave Beames <dave@beames.demon.co.uk> writes:
>  DB> One more thing:   do you know where (within a partition) the
>  DB> computer chooses to start writing?  I have the impression that it
>  DB> starts in the middle of the partition, and works outwards.  If that's
>  DB> the case, and since 95% of the drive is still unused, the places
>  DB> where the partitions meet should be blank for miles around, and even
>  DB> if HDToolBox *does* put markers there, it shouldn't do any damage.
>  DB> He said hopefully.
>
>Your directories and files are placed in the middle of the
>partition, but there is some vital data at the start of the
>partition, and more, I suspect, at the end.
>

The first two blocks of a partition usually contain "DOSx" where x is
dependant on the filesystem type. The end of the partition contains
nothing special.
-- 
Chris Sumner