Origin of "partition" in storage devices

[Nigel Johnson Ham]

Covering more distance in the same time means increased speed to me!

Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, MCSE VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU
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On 2022-02-01 11:14, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
> On 2/1/22 04:02, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
>>
>> One of our favourite small PC builders, Panrix, questioned this. They
>> reckoned that having the swap file on the outer, longer tracks of the
>> drive made it slower, due to slower access times and slower transfer
>> speeds. They were adamant.
>>
> HUH?  Yes, the outer tracks ARE longer, but the whole platter spins at 
> the same angular velocity, so there can't be any speed difference!  
> Did they think there is a whole bunch of magnetic tape inside the 
> drive?  Wow!
>
> Jon
>