i just added an old hd into my xp system and used fat32 formating. i usually use "default" when i format using ntfs file system and it gives me the 4k cluster size that i need. however, when i ...

A Cluster is the smallest unit to save and manage files on the disk in the Windows OS. One cluster can only hold one file, even if it is only one byte. When you need to save small files, configure a ...

Selecting the right NTFS cluster size is key to balancing storage scalability, efficiency and performance when expanding a Windows volume. In my previous article, I explained that I recently found ...

I have a Home Theatre PC with Windows 2000 Pro and an 80GB hard drive. The drive is in two partitions, one for the OS and all programs, and the other exclusively for recordings. This means my average ...