<br><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br> This is actually untrue. Lower numbered LBA sectors will always be at<br>
the edge of the disk, unless they have been remapped, as you have<br>mentioned in point 3. You may not be able to say what exact cylinders on<br>the disk the partition will land on, but you can have things be in the<br>generally correct location (
i.e. start, middle, end)<br><br></blockquote><div><br> </div>How does this factor in drives with multiple platters?<br><br>Ryan<br></div><br>