HDD Short Stroking, what if I resize the Short stroked partition to make it smaller?

[Rafael Mestdag]

If I make it smaller, will I make it faster?

 

[SkyNetRising]

What is your HDD size, partition size?
Can you post screenshot from HDtune benchmark and Disk Management?

 

[kanewolf]

Techniques like short-stroking a HDD were useful 10 years ago. Considering the cost of a an SSD and the 10X to 100X performance increase, it makes no sense today.

 

[Solandri]

Most HDDs have about a 2:1 ratio between the platters' outer circumference and inner circumference. Short-stroking works by placing a partition towards the outer edge, thus avoiding the slower inner edge. So the maximum speed gain you can achieve is 2:1.

If you already have a partition on the outer edge, yes you could make it smaller to make it faster. But now the ratio of the partition's inner circumference to outer circumference may only be (say) 2:1.7. So the potential speed increase is a lot smaller than with the entire drive.