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orangeKDS
I'd like to increase block size of NTFS partition, can it be done with
quick format or full is needed?
quick format or full is needed?
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Guest
If you want to resize a partition without losing the data, you have to use a
utility such as Partition Magic from:
http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/products/system_performance/pm80/
Or Acronis from http://www.acronis.com/.
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utility such as Partition Magic from:
http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/products/system_performance/pm80/
Or Acronis from http://www.acronis.com/.
Eric,
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Ken Blake, MVP
I'd like to increase block size of NTFS partition, can it be done with
quick format or full is needed?
When you say block size, do you mean cluster size? Why do you want to do
this? It's not generally a good idea.
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Steve N.
I'd like to increase block size of NTFS partition, can it be done with
quick format or full is needed?
Why? What is it now?
Steve N.
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orangeKDS
yes cluster size, whatever..
its 4k, I want maximum (64k), hard disk will be faster supposedly..
its 4k, I want maximum (64k), hard disk will be faster supposedly..
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Asher_N
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Doubtfull it will be faster. It will however consume an inordinate amount
of space. Realize that the cluster size is the minimum alllocatable unit. a
1 byte file takes 4K. a 3K file takes 4K. What do you think will happen to
your disk with a 64K cluster size?
yes cluster size, whatever..
its 4k, I want maximum (64k), hard disk will be faster supposedly..
Doubtfull it will be faster. It will however consume an inordinate amount
of space. Realize that the cluster size is the minimum alllocatable unit. a
1 byte file takes 4K. a 3K file takes 4K. What do you think will happen to
your disk with a 64K cluster size?
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David Candy
Small files are stored in the MFT. Therefore a file < 1K will use no extra space as it's stored with it's MFT entry. Files up to 1.5K are stored in the MFT.
Windows is designed to work with 4 k clusters. Which is the size of a memory page.
Windows is designed to work with 4 k clusters. Which is the size of a memory page.
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R. McCarty
SP2 XP will not run on a 64-KByte cluster size partition in some cases.
If you have 64-KByte clusters using Gold/SP1, an update to SP2 will
continue to run. However, If you attempt to install XP (SP2) utilizing a
64-KByte cluster size partition on first boot you'll receive a Disk I/O
error. This is a known error related to "Spanning" issues at Boot time.
If you have 64-KByte clusters using Gold/SP1, an update to SP2 will
continue to run. However, If you attempt to install XP (SP2) utilizing a
64-KByte cluster size partition on first boot you'll receive a Disk I/O
error. This is a known error related to "Spanning" issues at Boot time.
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Ken Blake, MVP
yes cluster size, whatever..
its 4k, I want maximum (64k), hard disk will be faster supposedly..
No it won't. 4K is preferable. All changing to 64K will do is waste more
space to slack.