Question Outer Track vs Inner Track in HDD

[Shervan360]

Hello,

Why is outer track faster than the inner track in HDD?

Thank you

 

[UsandThem]

This was already answered in your other hard drive thread.
If you want to discuss it further, use the other one.
https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/read-speed-in-hdd.2569908/#post-39922679


We don't allow multiple active threads on the same subject.
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[corkyg]

In simple terms, the linear velocity increases as you move out on the radius of a spinning disc.