NTFS 64k

[Alex]

Want to reformat partation to 64k clusters of NTFS,
tried command prompt with "FORMAT C:/FS:NTFS/X/A:64K" but
always seem to come up with invalid parameter. Does anyone
know how to write this so it will run. Thanks.

 

[FletcherIrwin]

Open a command window and type Format /?

 

[CS]

Want to reformat partation to 64k clusters of NTFS,
tried command prompt with "FORMAT C:/FS:NTFS/X/A:64K" but
always seem to come up with invalid parameter. Does anyone
know how to write this so it will run. Thanks.

Why would you want 64k clusters in the first place? Not even defrag
will run on a partition formatted to 64K clusters.

 

[Alex]

Think I have found proper syntax now
"FORMAT C: /X/A:64K/FS:NTFS"

Next problem I can't make it run because volume is in
use tried to make boot schedule and failed. Any ideas to
force cmd prompt to run this.


As to why I would want 64K I have large files with
FS2002, FS 2004 and Games. I think this will improve disk
performance and other defragmenters will work on it. The
logic as I see it is that it is easier to look through a
$100 worth of $1 bills than to look through $100 worth of
dimes.

 

[Alexander Grigoriev]

You may not be understanding NTFS.

Unlike FAT, It does NOT employ cluster chain concept. Instead, the file is
described in extents - contiguous pieces of disk space (with allocation
granularity of 1 cluster). For NTFS, cluster size matters somehow when a new
file is written (without preallocating the space). But for reading, the
cluster size is irrelevant.