Today, we will revisit the Hard Disk Drive Short Stroke Guide because many people still have this misconception that they can "overclock" a slow hard disk drive, and turn it into a faster hard disk drive by "short stroking" it. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work like that. Take a look :

"Short stroking will not magically turn a 7200 RPM drive into a 10,000 RPM drive. As we pointed out in our article, that perception is somewhat illusory as the physical characteristics of the "mo...dded" drive remains the same.

However, short stroking will improve performance in certain situations... and believe it or not, most of us are actually short stroking our hard disk drives without knowing it. Surprised? We will clarify it all in this guide."



Link: TechARP