Jeff, See the Zoned Bit Recording section of the PC Guide (http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/geom/tracks.htm) For a diagram see http://www.pctechguide.com/04disks.htm Eoghan Casey Information Security Office Yale University Jeff Smith wrote: > > I could be of but I am sure the outter track contains the same number of > sectors. The advantage of writing to the outter portion of the hard drive > is that the surface for each bit is greater. Becasue the surface area is > greater it is less likely to get scrambled. > > Jeff Smith > Sevem Gems Enterprises > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jonathan A. Zdziarski [mailto:jonzat_private] > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 7:48 PM > To: aussieat_private; forensics listserv; cfidat_private > Subject: RE: Where is the data written? > > While much of a disk's behavior (interleave, etc) is operating system > specific, the outermost track is where sector 0 resides, and the innermost > track is where the disk ends. The reason for this is because there are more > sectors on the outer track, so reads will be faster at the outer track > (since hard drives are fixed-speed and not variable-speed like CDROMs). > > I'm not entirely sure if there are any major differences between IDE and > SCSI layouts, but I wouldn't think so. Same technology inside. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Ausdenmoore [mailto:aussieat_private] > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 3:11 PM > To: forensics listserv; cfidat_private > Subject: Where is the data written? > > Not directly related to these lists, or forensics per se, but a curious > trivia type question from a class I'm assisting with a FLETC, and I don't > have the answer - > > When data is written to a media, does the storage start at the outside of > the platter and work it's way in, or start at the innermost area of the > media and work it's way out? Is there a reference floppys and HDD's? SCSI > vs. IDE? Or is it based on manufactuer's perference? > > TIA > > aus > Dave Ausdenmoore | > 1000 Sycamore St. Rm 110 | "The future Masters of Technology > Cincinnati, Oh 45202 | will have to be > 513.946.6688(office) | lighthearted and intelligent. > 513.470.0986(cellular) | The Machine easily masters > 513.269.1336(pager) | the grim and the dumb." > daussieat_private (personal)| -- Marshall McLuhan, 1969 > aussieat_private (business) > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. > For more information on this free incident handling, management > and tracking system please see: > > http://aris.securityfocus.com > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. > For more information on this free incident handling, management > and tracking system please see: > > http://aris.securityfocus.com > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. > For more information on this free incident handling, management > and tracking system please see: > > http://aris.securityfocus.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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