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Does having partitions formatted in NTFS with 64K clusters improve hard disk
performance? Or is it dependant on the average size of files on the
partition? My hard disk drive is a 37GB (4200rpm laptop HDD). Does the
largest possible clusters increase drive performance assuming space wastage
(to the tune of 1 to 2GB) is not an issue for me?
Partition magic gave me the following report :
C: 5GB (2.54GB free) 464MB wasted NTFS 64K
D: 16GB (7.5GB free) 1.4GB wasted NTFS 64K
E: 13GB (7.5GB free) 102MB wasted NTFS 16K
F: 3.2GB (1GB free) 32MB wasted FAT 4K
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performance? Or is it dependant on the average size of files on the
partition? My hard disk drive is a 37GB (4200rpm laptop HDD). Does the
largest possible clusters increase drive performance assuming space wastage
(to the tune of 1 to 2GB) is not an issue for me?
Partition magic gave me the following report :
C: 5GB (2.54GB free) 464MB wasted NTFS 64K
D: 16GB (7.5GB free) 1.4GB wasted NTFS 64K
E: 13GB (7.5GB free) 102MB wasted NTFS 16K
F: 3.2GB (1GB free) 32MB wasted FAT 4K
Thanks