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   ocr: Now let's write another file to the drive (this is where the fun starts). Let's suppose the mew file written to the drive is larger than the space left available by the deleted File "Y". No problem, your system will use as much of the space left open by "Y" before moving on to the next open sectors (beyond "2"), and then procede to complete the write request. (Keep in mind the drive uses any freespace it can find along the way, even though it may not be contiguous). Now we have the new file written, (File "A"). Our disk map now looks like this: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXAAAAAARARARZLLLULLULULULLL ...