Originally Posted by confus-ed
Ok ... yup I'm confus-ed ... what are you asking about ?
The placement of files on the disk in certain areas is by design with ntfs 5 to improve performance, different sized disks might result in differing 'patterns' dependant on what formatted it in the first place, whether its a system disk or just data ;)
The usual 'strange' bit many folks notice is the mft (master file table - like the old master FAT) this generally occupies a whole 1/8th of your disk & is generally placed about 1/3 'in' by setup this is 'system' owned, & it is possible to vary its size & placement, though not through either w2k or xp setup ...