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  4. │KCCCCCCLLLLLLLAAAAEEECCCCCCCCIIIIILLLLLDDDDDDDDIIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGLLLLLLLL│
  5. │LLIIIIIBBB      GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG AEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE                │
  6. │  DDDDDDJJJJJJFF  JJJJJJJJ   CCCCCCCCCCCCCCC JJJJJJJJJJJJ   A              │
  7. │HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH  IIIIIIIII                           │
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  10. Real mess eh? - Now imagine making a request to read File "A".... Start at
  11. the beginning of File "A" and see how often your system would have to wait
  12. while the read-write heads lumbered to the next sector owned by File "A",
  13. each head movement moving your drive that tiny step closer to retirement.
  14. (In this case - retirement meaning lost data and additional expense to you).
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