In a message dated 1/12/99 7:14:45 PM EST, spc(a)armigeron.com writes: << What's the fallacy in putting the directory in the center of a disk? Seems to me it would cut down on average the seek time. -spc (The elevator algorithm favors the center of the disk in fact) >> Well, that's how os2's HPFS puts the directory. i think it would cut down on seek time since there wouldnt be as much movement just moving to the outer/inner tracks.