HPFS definitely put the root directory in the "seek center": http://spider.seds.org/spider/OS2/HPFS/dirs.html http://spider.seds.org/spider/OS2/HPFS/dirs.html

HPFS definitely put the root directory in the "seek center": http://spider.seds.org/spider/OS2/HPFS/dirs.html http://spider.seds.org/spider/OS2/HPFS/dirs.html This now makes me wonder whether the middle disk block (numerically) is equal "seek times" away from disk edges.