RE: Location of data on a hard drive

2018-02-17 Thread dan d.
ilbu...@me.com> > Cc: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Location of data on a hard drive > > > I think it is the oppisite. THe read/wright speed at the rim is fastest. It > has to be faster at the rim to cover for example 90 degrees of rotation then > a

RE: Location of data on a hard drive

2018-02-16 Thread Simon Fogarty
8:49 AM To: Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> Cc: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Location of data on a hard drive I think it is the oppisite. THe read/wright speed at the rim is fastest. It has to be faster at the rim to cover for example 90 degrees of rotation then a

Re: Location of data on a hard drive

2018-02-15 Thread dan d.
I think it is the oppisite. THe read/wright speed at the rim is fastest. It has to be faster at the rim to cover for example 90 degrees of rotation then a point at the center for the same 90 degrees. My thinking was that if there are some things for which I want fastestt read/write speeds it

Re: Location of data on a hard drive

2018-02-15 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I don't have specs to confirm, but my understanding is that the OS is stored the inner most and data beyond that. This is to give the drive the quickest access to the system files when needed. Since the first partition contains your MacOS, then this behaviour should be maintained.

Location of data on a hard drive

2018-02-14 Thread dan d.
Hello listers, I have a 1t mac hardrive which I split into two partitions. With the first partition containing the os and other data is the data stored nearer the center or the edge of a platter?. How is this os location affected if there are multiple platters? Thanks. -- XB -- The