When formatting a drive, one crucial setting to consider is the allocation unit size, which determines how the drive's space is divided into smaller units. This setting can significantly impact how ...

The NTFS file system has allocation unit options that usually don't matter unless there is a limitation. Rick Vanover explains how this matters for large volumes. All Windows Server administrators ...

Before discussing the difference between “Size” and “Size on disk” in detail, let’s see the basic differences between these terms. Here, I will also show you some calculations that will give the exact ...

everytime i add a brand new hd on my computer and on other people's computers i usually format them using "default" allocation unit size. what is that? is that the same as a cluster size?<P>if so, ...

No, allocation unit size is not equal to sector size. (Wouldnt it be nice if it were that easy to change..) Just use the windows default unless you have some special requirements (probably not if you ...

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 ...